Scientists for the United Nations will soon release a report that predicts floods, drought, economic problems and war. These are just some of the scary consequences if carbon emissions remain in its all-time high.
According to a report by the AFP, a draft of the UN report is part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s summary that will create policies and forums on climate change in the future. Scientists and government representatives will unveil the 29-page report on March 31 in Yokohama, Japan.
"We have a lot clearer picture of impacts and their consequences... including the implications for security," Chris Field of the United States' Carnegie Institution told the AFP.
The dangers outlined in the report include: the rise of greenhouse-gas emissions will trigger floods mostly in Europe and Asia as they are more exposed, for every 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature, another seven percent of the world's population will experience decline of renewable water resources by 20 percent and by 2100, "hundreds of millions" of coastal dwellers will banish if we do nothing to prevent it. Small-island states and East, Southeast and South Asia will lose the most land.
The report also stated that as climate change destroys habitat of land and freshwater species, a "large fraction" of them will face extinction. By 2050, the world population's demand for rice, wheat and corn will rise up to 14 percent but the yield will fall by two percent per decade.
These trends will also contribute to a worldwide conflict, as nations compete for declining resources and as hunger and poverty prevail, war is likely to happen.
Today, scientists are all the more certain that humans caused global warming. They argued that the recent abnormal floods and heatwaves we've experienced is the beginning of the time when it will be much less rare. However, they admitted that the assessments they can do at the moment are still lesser than the actual impacts of future climate change.
