Climate change and human survival
- Abstract
The IPCC has already concluded that it is “virtually certain that human influence has warmed the global climate system” and that it is “extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010” is anthropogenic. Its new report outlines the future threats of further global warming: increased scarcity of food and fresh water; extreme weather events; rise in sea level; loss of biodiversity; areas becoming uninhabitable; and mass human migration, conflict and violence. Leaked drafts talk of hundreds of millions displaced in a little over 80 years. This month, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) added its voice: “the well being of people of all nations [is] at risk.”
- Resource Type
- Opinion/editorial
- Authors
- David McCoy Hugh Montgomery Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
- Resource URL
- http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g2351
- Publication
- British Medical Journal
- Volume
- 348
- Date
- March 26, 2014
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2351
- Organization Type
- Academic
- Health and Human Impact
- Overview/general
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Overview/general
- Emission Source
- Overview/general
- Fossil Fuel
- Overview/general
- Solutions
- Climate adaptation/resilience Climate mitigation/GHG reduction Divestment
- Other
- Advocacy