‘Many parts of Earth could become uninhabitable': Study's grim warning

Many parts of Earth could become uninhabitable for humans, with the planet at risk of entering an irreversible "hothouse" climate.

Professor Will Steffen - many parts of the world will become uninhabitable.

That's the alarming warning from an international team of scientists, including Australian National University professor Will Steffen, in a study published on Tuesday.

As large parts of eastern Australia battle drought and Europe is gripped by a heatwave, Professor Steffen said current efforts to combat global warming would not be enough to meet the emission-reduction targets set by governments in the Paris Agreement, which may be insufficient to prevent the dangerous scenario anyway.

The study warns that Earth is already more than halfway towards the point of no return.

Read the story by Blake Foden from The Age - “‘Many parts of Earth could become uninhabitable': Study's grim warning.”