>>13418729People just want to turn the page on this issue. Its not that simple, its not that straight forward, it will happen over many generations with lots of dips and peaks along the way. Fact is it will be dragged out over centuries, not decades. As things will get gradually worse, people and governments will respond accordingly. There will be more disasters, wars, crop failures, flooding, fires, all scattered over a very long time plot. Some years will be hunky dory, some years it will seem like shit is all happening at once.
Governments will gradually become more authoritarian, more resources will be put into technology aimed at addressing CC, politics will become more radical, people will get used to shortages, discomforts and lower expectations.. Its all just trends on a graph. The population will start a gentle J curve around 2050, things will normalize a bit as population numbers dwindle due to regulations, food scarcity, war, and a shit load of really interesting pandemics. People will migrate away from existing coasts and into higher latitudes. Sure it will be a shitty ride for many people but a good number will be able to survive in relative comfort despite having a lower standard of living than what we are used to having. Beyond that projections become fuzzy in the far future, we can only be confident of four likely scenarios.
1) Just a population redistribution and minor reduction. No biggy there. Life goes on as usual but at a reduced pace. Actually would be nice, it would be more relaxed.
2) Major reduction of world population but no major loss of technology and science. Again not such a biggy.You would probably still be able to get a filling at a dentist.
3) Major reduction of world population with major loss of knowledge and subsistence style existence. Pretty knarly. Mad Max but without the cool stuff.
3) Total human and higher mammal extinction event.
But all these will be centuries away so you shouldn't be worried at all.
