Prediction of ‘extreme’ warming by 2070 shows that, far from facing a climate catastrophe, Canadians, most Americans, and most Europeans will actually be better off
By Climate Realists of B.C., August 29, 2025
In October 2021, the Financial Times of London published a map showing the climate-alarmist view of what our world will be like in 2070 in terms of “livability” (see Figure 1).1
The looping gif image shows “livability” (based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s extreme RCP8.5 scenario, which even the IPCC now accepts is not realistic)2 for two years: 2020 and 2070. Maroon and black indicate “low” livability; various shades of yellow and orange indicate “high” (or high-ish) livability.
Obviously, global warming is not good news for much of the globe under this scenario. But, curiously, if you look at the livability index for Canada in 2070 versus 2020 (see Figure 2), the yellow-orange area is larger, which means Canada has become more livable. And, while some parts of the southern U.S. will become uncomfortably hotter, the majority of the U.S. mainland will enjoy more “livable” (meaning less frozen) conditions.
Also interesting: in 2020, most of Canada, except southern Ontario and Quebec, falls into the purple “unliveable” category, even though 40 million Canadians do manage to live fairly comfortably despite our cold climate, mainly thanks to … fossil fuels.
Also curious: Europeans and Russians might also welcome an RCP8.5 scenario, with more warming, as Figure 3 shows.
Of course, other parts of the world such as Africa will suffer from the FT’s prediction of “extreme” higher temperatures (if these temperatures actually occurred, which is unlikely given that, as noted above, even the IPCC no longer believes in “extreme” (i.e., RCP8.5) warming to come).
But the FT map, under the guise of climate alarmism, actually offers rare climate “good news”—Canadians, most Americans, and most Europeans need not fear the dangers of the “extreme” global warming we’ve been warned against so stridently and so often! We’d actually be in more “livable” conditions under any of the IPCC scenarios—mild warming (RCP2.6), medium warming (RCP4.5) and even “extreme” (but extremely unlikely) warming (RCP8.5).
Notes
- “Climate change could bring near-unliveable conditions for 3bn people, say scientists,” by Steven Bernard, Dan Clark and Sam Joiner, Financial Times, Oct. 31, 2021. The article is behind a pay wall, but you might find it with the search terms “livability map 2070 financial times” [↩]
- “Climate change: Worst emissions scenario ‘exceedingly unlikely’,” BBC, Jan. 20, 2020 [↩]