NEW YORK – The World Economic Forum has released a new video warning of the cataclysmic consequences that anthropomorphic climate change will trigger over the next century if humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels is not severed.
The two-minute spot navigates the extensive impacts that unchecked global warming will have on various regions of the planet through the coming decades as well as how drastically terrestrial life will be affected.
The sobering forecasts, while not exhaustive, have been extrapolated from cited accredited research.
The 2030s:
- Ice caps and crucial ice sheets continued to melt, swelling sea levels by 20 centimeters [7.87 inches]
- 90 percent of coral reefs are threatened by human activity, while around 60 percent are highly endangered
- Dwindling crop yields have pushed more than 100 million more people into extreme poverty
- Climate change-related illnesses are killing an extra 250,000 people each year
The 2040s:
- The world has already shot past its 1.5-degree Celsius [2.7-degree Fahrenheit] Paris Agreement temperature rise limit
- Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Thailand are threatened by annual floods, sparking mass migration
- Eight percent of the global population has seen a severe reduction in water availability
- The Arctic is now ice-free in summer
- Sea levels have risen 20 centimeters [two feet] in the Gulf of Mexico, where hurricanes now deliver devastating storm surges
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