(Bloomberg) -- A day after California imposed mandatory waterrestrictions to battle a four-year drought, a new study on globalwarming suggests the worst is yet to come.
The average number of days with temperatures higher than 95degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) may double or even tripleby the end of the century, threatening one of the world’s richestagricultural regions. At the same time, $19 billion in coastalproperty will likely disappear as sea levels rise, the studyfound.
The report is the third from the Risky Business Project, anonprofit partnership of Bloomberg Philanthropies, the PaulsonInstitute and TomKat Charitable Trust. It suggests California canreduce these risks if policy makers and business leaders cooperateto reduce emissions driving global warming and adapt to climatechange.
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