Broad threat to humanity from cumulative climate hazards intensified by greenhouse gas emissions
(2018) In Nature Climate Change 8(12). p.1062-1071- Abstract
The ongoing emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is triggering changes in many climate hazards that can impact humanity. We found traceable evidence for 467 pathways by which human health, water, food, economy, infrastructure and security have been recently impacted by climate hazards such as warming, heatwaves, precipitation, drought, floods, fires, storms, sea-level rise and changes in natural land cover and ocean chemistry. By 2100, the world’s population will be exposed concurrently to the equivalent of the largest magnitude in one of these hazards if emmisions are aggressively reduced, or three if they are not, with some tropical coastal areas facing up to six simultaneous hazards. These findings highlight the fact that GHG... (More)
The ongoing emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is triggering changes in many climate hazards that can impact humanity. We found traceable evidence for 467 pathways by which human health, water, food, economy, infrastructure and security have been recently impacted by climate hazards such as warming, heatwaves, precipitation, drought, floods, fires, storms, sea-level rise and changes in natural land cover and ocean chemistry. By 2100, the world’s population will be exposed concurrently to the equivalent of the largest magnitude in one of these hazards if emmisions are aggressively reduced, or three if they are not, with some tropical coastal areas facing up to six simultaneous hazards. These findings highlight the fact that GHG emissions pose a broad threat to humanity by intensifying multiple hazards to which humanity is vulnerable.
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author = {{Mora, Camilo and Spirandelli, Daniele and Franklin, Erik C. and Lynham, John and Kantar, Michael B. and Miles, Wendy and Smith, Charlotte Z. and Freel, Kelle and Moy, Jade and Louis, Leo V. and Barba, Evan W. and Bettinger, Keith and Frazier, Abby G. and Colburn IX, John F. and Hanasaki, Naota and Hawkins, Ed and Hirabayashi, Yukiko and Knorr, Wolfgang and Little, Christopher M. and Emanuel, Kerry and Sheffield, Justin and Patz, Jonathan A. and Hunter, Cynthia L.}},
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