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talkpoliticsScience does not yet claim that climate change will lead to the extinction of human civilization. However, fears of such a scenario are growing in many parts of the world because extreme natural phenomena are becoming more frequent.
World Economic Forum: Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic. We need to act fast
How long will society be able to withstand such cataclysms? A question whose answer still contains many unknowns. But one thing is for sure: by the time the next generation grows up, the floods in coastal regions across the world, including some of the major megapolises, will have become an annual event. There was a time when such critical floods used to occur only once every 100 years.
In the meantime, prolonged droughts are threatening vegetation, leading to an even greater threat of massive wildfires in many parts of the world, including a number of cities in the United States and Australia.
In 30 years, at least a quarter of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush region in the Himalayas will have melted, and this could seriously exacerbate drinking water disputes between the three nuclear powers India, Pakistan and China with more than 2.8 billion inhabitants combined. The three countries are heavily dependent on rivers for their water supply, which are fed by glaciers in the Himalayas.
The changes are a fact, but will they indeed be apocalyptic?
The feeling that a climate catastrophe is imminent causes serious fears in society. According to a survey by YouGov, 30% of Americans believe they will survive an apocalyptic catastrophe. A 2019 study shows that half of respondents in France, Italy, Britain and the United States are convinced that today's civilisation will collapse in the next few years. It is interesting what these numbers will look like in, say, 10 years.
World Economic Forum: Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic. We need to act fast
How long will society be able to withstand such cataclysms? A question whose answer still contains many unknowns. But one thing is for sure: by the time the next generation grows up, the floods in coastal regions across the world, including some of the major megapolises, will have become an annual event. There was a time when such critical floods used to occur only once every 100 years.
In the meantime, prolonged droughts are threatening vegetation, leading to an even greater threat of massive wildfires in many parts of the world, including a number of cities in the United States and Australia.
In 30 years, at least a quarter of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush region in the Himalayas will have melted, and this could seriously exacerbate drinking water disputes between the three nuclear powers India, Pakistan and China with more than 2.8 billion inhabitants combined. The three countries are heavily dependent on rivers for their water supply, which are fed by glaciers in the Himalayas.
The changes are a fact, but will they indeed be apocalyptic?
The feeling that a climate catastrophe is imminent causes serious fears in society. According to a survey by YouGov, 30% of Americans believe they will survive an apocalyptic catastrophe. A 2019 study shows that half of respondents in France, Italy, Britain and the United States are convinced that today's civilisation will collapse in the next few years. It is interesting what these numbers will look like in, say, 10 years.
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Date: 18/5/21 19:05 (UTC)