Even if some parts of the world are worse off with global warming, other parts will benefit. In the end, the winners will outnumber the losers, making for a better world overall.
Fact:
It is not true that there will be more winners than losers from global warming. It will be very much the other way. But even if it were true, climate change would still cause inestimable damage, as the regions benefiting from this change would not compensate those losing. So, for example, if life were to improve in Greenland, the country would be inundated with refugees seeking to escape their own damaged homelands. Powerful nations suffering from global warming would almost certainly step in, ensuring that their people gained the benefits, not the people of Greenland. Thus, the latter would be robbed of their culture and independence.
You need to look no further than the war in Syria to see the political consequences of climate change. In the years before the Arab Spring in 2011, 60 percent of the nation’s farms were ruined by a prolonged drought. A million and a half people were forced off the land and ended up as refugees in Syria’s cities (adding to a similar number of refugees who were already there as a result of the conflagration in Iraq). The Syrian government did nothing to help these people, and when the Arab Spring broke out, many joined the protests sweeping the country. The result was one of the most brutal wars of this century, with 500,000 dead, millions of refugees and much of the nation’s infrastructure in ruins.
Conclusion
All the evidence suggests that global warming will not be benign, particularly if it exceeds 2.0°C. At present, the Earth is headed for a rise of 2.7°C.