The “new abnormal”: The rise of extreme flooding, briefly explained

Charles III

Donald Trump

Elon Musk

Joe Biden

Nancy Pelosi

Xi Jinping

Rishi Sunak

Kamala Harris

Justin Trudeau

Narendra Modi

Bill Gates

Pope Francis

Janet Yellen

Emmanuel Macron

Olaf Scholz

Angela Merkel

Yuval Noah Harari

António Guterres

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Barack Obama

Kofi Annan

Michael Mann

James Inhofe

Greta Thunberg

David Attenborough

Giorgia Meloni

Patrick Michaels

Jane Goodall

Bjorn Lomborg

Freeman Dyson

Metaculus

"[C]limate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax."

"I believe in climate change caused by human beings. What I'm skeptical about is the glib notion that it means the end of the world as we know it."

"The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging."

"There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change."

"The time for seeking global solutions [to climate change] is running out."

"The climate crisis is the existential threat. That's not hyperbole; it's a fact."

"[W]e are killing our planet."

Climate change is "above all, an existential crisis."

"Climate change is one of the greatest challenges mankind faces."

"If we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon."

"Humanity is on thin ice — and that ice is melting fast."

"We haven't yet exceeded the bounds of viable human civilisation, but we're getting close."

Is Climate Change an Existential Threat?

Humanity faces a massive food and economic crisis amid worsening water shortages, particularly in regions producing 25-50% of the world's food crops.

The New York Times

The OECD-backed Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW) reported Wednesday that the crisis may cut high-income nations' GDP by 8%.

Japantimes

Reuters

Low-income nations' GDP may fall by 15% as the effects of changing rainfall pattern, temperature rise, and a lack of access to clean water wreak havoc, it reported.

NDTV

GECW members said that for the first time, climate change, land use change, and water mismanagement have, together, pushed the hydrological cycle off balance.

Court House News

In another report, the World Resources Institute said a third of the three staple grains of 8B people — maize, rice, and wheat — are grown in water-stressed regions.

The threats to food production will appear in the next 25, the report said. In March, a UN water report said girls and women are the first victims of water shortages.

Report: Earth Braces For Major Crisis as Water Cycle Goes "off balance"

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