• Climate change will have minimal or positive impacts
  • Many parts of the world will benefit from warm climate
    • cooler regions will become agriculturally viable
      • these regions will have low productivity
    • Warm climate will benefit many species
    • Warm climate is historically good for humanity
    • The benefits will be limited geographically
    • The benefits will be short-lived
  • Animals and plants will adapt to climate change
    • Corals, trees, birds, mammals, and butterflies are adapting well
    • Polar Bear populations are increasing
      • ice melting puts the polar bear at grave risk
    • global warming is too quick and pervasive
• Climate change will have serious negative impacts
  • economic impacts
  • environmental impacts
  • reduction in fresh water supplies from glaciers
  • health impacts
  • agricultural impacts
  • social unrest in developing countries
  • ocean acidification
  • polar melting
  • sea level rise