Food shortages and mass migration
The temperature rises we will experience at our current trajectory will lead to horrendous consequences for children alive today. This should be on the news every night.
Global food security will be severely impacted. Crops will fail on a more regular basis, many areas will cease to produce food at all due to flooding or desertification. History shows that people suffer enormously when food prices spike.
Water and climate change are inextricably linked. Climate change affects the world’s water in complex ways. From unpredictable rainfall patterns to shrinking ice sheets, rising sea levels, floods and droughts – most impacts of climate change come down to water (UN Water).
Climate change is exacerbating both water scarcity and water-related hazards (such as floods and droughts), as rising temperatures disrupt precipitation patterns and the entire water cycle (UN)
Globally, faced with the harsh impacts of climate change - devastating droughts, floods, extreme weather, destruction of natural resources, famine and starvation -people are already having to move from their homes.