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For all of the “slowing down” we did last year, our impact on the planet hasn’t really changed. NASA confirmed 2020 was the hottest year on record, tied with 2016. The global temperature averaged 1.84 degrees Fahrenheit (1.02 degrees Celsius) higher, contributing to ongoing issues like warming oceans, melting sea ice, and, perhaps most obviously, longer and hotter summers. Every degree increase in the global average temperature results in roughly 1 billion people living in borderline uninhabitable conditions, many without the means to afford cooling technology. By 2070, that could be roughly a third of the global population.