The world is drifting towards drowsiness and accident-proneness: If one calculates, using equations related to the Keeling Curve, one finds that by 2070 the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will be about 700 ppm (at present it is around 400 ppm). By 2095 it will be about 1000 ppm. Now when the concentration becomes 1000 ppm people start to feel drowsy and will lose concentration.
But another problem is that when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are high and one enters an enclosure (room and so on) the carbon dioxide levels quickly reach dangerous levels because of breathing. So if there are 10 people in a room of volume 100 cubic metres and atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is 400 ppm then it will take about 22 minutes for levels to reach 1000 ppm. If you start with atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide at 700 ppm then it takes only about 11 minutes for levels to reach 1000 ppm.
Fires (which produce carbon dioxide) will become far more dangerous regarding breathing.
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