See what three degrees of global warming looks like

If global temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the results would be catastrophic. It’s an entirely plausible scenario, and this film shows you what it would look like. 00:00 - What will a 3°C world look like? 00:57 - Climate change is already having devastating effects 02:58 - How climate modelling works 04:06 - Nowhere is safe from global warming 05:20 - The impact of prolonged droughts 08:24 - Rising sea levels, storm surges and flooding 10:27 - Extreme heat and wet-bulb temperatures 12:51 - Increased migration and conflict 14:26 - Adaptation and mitigation are crucial Read our briefing about a three degree world: View all of The Economist’s climate change coverage: Sign up to our climate change newsletter: Listen to our new climate podcast, “To a Lesser Degree”: Read our special report on stabilising the climate: Listen to an episode of “The Intelligence” podcast about a 3°C world: What would different levels of global warming look like? How climate modelling works: Read about the IPCC’s starkest warning yet about climate change: What to look out for at COP26: Why the COP26 climate summit will be both crucial and disappointing: Broken promises, energy shortages and covid-19 will hamper COP26: Why damage from climate change will be widespread and sometimes surprising: Children born today are likely to face seven times more extreme weather events than their grandparents: How to prepare for rising sea levels: Podcast: The growing risk of deadly heatwaves: The danger posed by heatwaves needs to be taken more seriously: What if firms were forced to pay for frying the planet: