Climate Collapse, The Reality
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Confused, Overwhelmed, Scared, Angry? Threatened by the Climate Crisis?
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We Need Urgent Action
Here is why urgent action is needed to stop burning oil, coal and gas. The 1.5 degree threshold that was supposed to keep us safe is broken, we now face a rapidly accelerating crisis that threatens ordered civil society and our entire way of life. Our politicians and organisations are not doing enough to prevent an impending disaster. It needsordinary people in huge numbers to push them to change.
About 2 Degrees
Mosquitoes love the warmth – they will be everywhere passing on some of the deadliest diseases in the world – Dengue, Yellow Fever, Zika Virus, Malaria. Disease spread has already begun with the Lyme Disease tick.
Food shortages will occur through loss of land to grow crops. Flooding, heat and storms bring crop failures. Expect emptying supermarket shelves, many commodities disappearing from sale and perhaps food rationing. The UK currently imports 40% of its food. This has already begun with shortages and price hikes Migration will dramatically increase as 1 in 20 in the world are exposed to drought or rising sea levels with resulting unrest and conflict. This has already begun, migration is rarely out of our news. Floods driven by unpredictable rainfall and sea level rise will bring health issues – mould, floating sewage, contamination of drinking water has begun and getting steadily worse. Deadly heatwaves will destroy crops and lives
Check our 2025 Disaster Diary for evidence of how ourworld is being impacted by 1.5 degrees
Food shortages will occur through loss of land to grow crops. Flooding, heat and storms bring crop failures. Expect emptying supermarket shelves, many commodities disappearing from sale and perhaps food rationing. The UK currently imports 40% of its food. This has already begun with shortages and price hikes Migration will dramatically increase as 1 in 20 in the world are exposed to drought or rising sea levels with resulting unrest and conflict. This has already begun, migration is rarely out of our news. Floods driven by unpredictable rainfall and sea level rise will bring health issues – mould, floating sewage, contamination of drinking water has begun and getting steadily worse. Deadly heatwaves will destroy crops and lives
Check our 2025 Disaster Diary for evidence of how ourworld is being impacted by 1.5 degrees
About 3 Degrees
The Amazon will burn in days or weeks generating several weeks of darkened skies across the planet. Over half the worlds population will experience mega heatwaves each year. In the UK millions will lose their homes and be forced to move by rising seas. Half the land area of earth will experience near rainless conditions. Many tropical and sub-tropical countries will become largely uninhabitable by humans. What harvests survive will produce between a half and a third of current output. Supply lines and civilisation will crumble under such stresses.
How Fast Is It Changing?
It took 120 years (1880—2000) to heat the Earth by +0.8 degrees. In just 25 years (2000 —2025) it rose another +0.7 to a total increase of 1.5 degrees. That’s almost a 5 times increase in the speed of change.
How long until 2.0 degrees? 5 / 10 years?
The pace of change is speeding up fast yet our politicians and organisations are not explaining this or doing nearly enough to slow this change. Our politicians do as they are told by their political party who are financed by commercial interests. Commercial interests want to protect their share value at all costs.
If we the people don’t act, they won’t. Check out our page on What Can We Do?
How long until 2.0 degrees? 5 / 10 years?
The pace of change is speeding up fast yet our politicians and organisations are not explaining this or doing nearly enough to slow this change. Our politicians do as they are told by their political party who are financed by commercial interests. Commercial interests want to protect their share value at all costs.
If we the people don’t act, they won’t. Check out our page on What Can We Do?
David Attenborough’s Warning on Climate Change
This just 5 years old but already out of date on time scales. There is no time to lose.
