Climate change is no longer avoidablewe’re already living through its devestating impact.
But to avoid an apocalyptic future, we need to take action now.
This, too, shallnotpass.
He is an expert on public opinion and public engagement with the issues of climate change and the environment.
The threat is as obvious as the cloud of smoke that hangs above the West Coast.
What are we going to do about it?
Anthony Leiserowitz is a Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. He is an expert on public opinion and public engagement with the issues of climate change and the environment. His research investigates the psychological, cultural, and political factors that influence environmental beliefs, attitudes, policy support, and behavior.
By the time full-blown disaster is upon them, its too late to hop out.
Well, the threat is now as obvious as the cloud of smoke that hangs above the West Coast.
What are we going to do about it?
(Near-future floodsare predictedto severely affect Californias food supply, too.)
And in the future, Dr. Klein Salamon says resource wars will inevitably result from weather-damaged crops.
Were in a truly apocalyptic string of record-setting events.
Anthony Leiserowitz, PhD
Droughts, meanwhile, threaten our access to water.
By 2040,extreme water shortages will be ubiquitous west of Missouri, but the danger is already here.
Climate change was among the reasons Cape Town, South Africa,almost ran out of water in 2017.
Anthony Leiserowitz is a Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. He is an expert on public opinion and public engagement with the issues of climate change and the environment. His research investigates the psychological, cultural, and political factors that influence environmental beliefs, attitudes, policy support, and behavior.
Flooding in Bangladesh hasresulted in homelessness for one million people this year.
Like every weather event outlined above, this problem will only intensify with time.
In the last 100 years, Californias sea level rose just nine inches.
By the end of this century,its predictedto rise more than ninefeet.
And thats just one example.
In total, flooding isprojectedto displace 13 million Americans by the end of this century.
And that brings us to the issue of disease.
SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that causes COVID-19) was not directly resulting from climate change.
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Brewer says, to name one example.
Rapidly changing ecosystems are also givingviruses unprecedented opportunities to evolve.
And we havent even touched on the literal price of this destruction.
But the truth is that this is accelerating, Dr. Klein Salamon says.
Were talking about the collapse of civilization, and I think its really important for people to hear that.
I truly believe this is the apocalypse.
What if this is why Im here on this planet at this insanely historic and important moment?
Maybe Im here to be a part of the solution.
But ultimately, she says, they find themselves grieving for a future thats no longer possible.
And when you reach this stage, its important not to let that paralyze you.
Maybe Im here to be a part of the solution.'
Here are three ways you’ve got the option to get to work.
Vote
According to Dr. Leiserowitz, this isthemost important thing you’re free to do this year.
Voting downballot, supporting climate-friendly bills, and other such actions are important, too.
And people need the dots connected for them, too, Dr. Leiserowitz says.
So if you might help them do that, its important work.
Nope, says Dr. Leiserowitz.
The pot is boiling, and we all need to jump to action.
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