Attractiveness: now vs future
Present (2020)
SSP5-8.5 × 70 m future

Where people would live

The calibrated settlement-attractiveness surface, swiped between today and the worst-case future. Left is present; right is the SSP5-8.5 climate × 70 m sea-level-rise projection. Drag the handle to compare.

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Blank = outside the climate niche (too hot or too cold), desert, drowned by sea-level rise, or ocean. Weights fit to present population; see the Methodology.