Thirty years into the future, those of us now below fifty may face the doomsday prophecies of Breakthrough National Center. In the midst of rolling social chaos, we may wonder why governments did not issue us sterner warnings. We hope the Breakthrough National Center for Climate Change is over-reacting when it says we have only thirty years left. That’s thirty years “before the end of civilization as we know it,” it warns.
Terrifying Glimpse of the Little Time We Have Left
Mike Cook of News.Co.Au says we cannot ignore the conclusions of David Spratt and Ian Dunlop. This is especially so because Ian is chair of the Australian Coal Association and David is a climate researcher.
Ian and David warn “Earth can expect at least a 3C rise in temperatures in thirty years.” That’s assuming we ignore global emissions and climate threats. If we do look past them, we will trigger “global decay and destruction of crucial ecosystems”. This dire warning includes the Arctic, the Amazon rain forests and the coral reefs,
Ecological Collapse Will Lead to ‘Massive Social Consequences’
“More than a billion people may need relocation,” David and Ian warn. “And in high-end scenarios, the scale of destruction is beyond our capacity to model.” There is a high likelihood of human civilization coming to an end.”
Their report suggests the catastrophic chain of environmental disasters “will climax with widespread pandemics. There will be forced migration from inhabitable locations and a likely nuclear war due to skirmishing for limited resources.”
We chose not to show images of the massive social consequences David Spratt and Ian Dunlop warn cannot be ignored. Instead, we depict our lovely precious Earth as it might continue to be, if only we use our thirty years left wisely as we know we should.
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