Remember:
1 billion hit by extreme weather.
2 billion suffering from hunger.
3 billion coping with water scarcity.
4 billion undernourished.
5 billion risk deadly diseases.
6 billion in poverty.
7 billion face ecosystem collapse.
A future climate dystopia? No, this is 2020.
1 billion hit by extreme weather.
2 billion suffering from hunger.
3 billion coping with water scarcity.
4 billion undernourished.
5 billion risk deadly diseases.
6 billion in poverty.
7 billion face ecosystem collapse.
A future climate dystopia? No, this is 2020.
Humans and animals face a global ecological catastrophe right now.
This is a crisis which requires system change to end economic violence, and habitat & climate destruction.
Explore this thread for ideas on what to do:
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This is a crisis which requires system change to end economic violence, and habitat & climate destruction.
Explore this thread for ideas on what to do:
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Already today a billion people are directly facing climate change related hazards (cyclones, floods, bushfires, rising sea levels).
But this is nothing compared to highly dangerous 2C which we'll face by around 2033-2040. vice.com/en_asia/articl…
But this is nothing compared to highly dangerous 2C which we'll face by around 2033-2040. vice.com/en_asia/articl…
The number of people experiencing hunger is on the rise around the world due to conflict & climate change.
Simultaneous global crop failure will become a grave danger any year now as we pass 1.5C of global warming in the 2020s.
theconversation.com/hidden-hunger-…
Simultaneous global crop failure will become a grave danger any year now as we pass 1.5C of global warming in the 2020s.
theconversation.com/hidden-hunger-…
Water scarcity: 'a major challenge..particularly for food production'.
🔺4 billion people live under conditions of severe water scarcity for at least 1 month of the year
🔺3.3 billion for at least 3 months of the year
🔺1.8 billion at least half a year
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
🔺4 billion people live under conditions of severe water scarcity for at least 1 month of the year
🔺3.3 billion for at least 3 months of the year
🔺1.8 billion at least half a year
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
People need a minimum of $7.40 per day for basic nutrition.
4.2 billion people today are below this.
(Harvard economist Lant Pritchett says the poverty line should be $10 to $15 per day.)
'Suddenly the happy Davos narrative melts away.'theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
4.2 billion people today are below this.
(Harvard economist Lant Pritchett says the poverty line should be $10 to $15 per day.)
'Suddenly the happy Davos narrative melts away.'theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Today over 6 billion people are in climates where there's a risk of mosquito-spread diseases. That number will soon rise.
commondreams.org/news/2019/03/2…
commondreams.org/news/2019/03/2…
6 billion people live in poverty based on a reasonable 10-15$ poverty line.
'Here's the good news: Global poverty has fallen by half over the past decade. But here's the bad news: 71% of the world's population remain...poor'
Yeah, thanks CNN business.money.cnn.com/2015/07/08/new…
'Here's the good news: Global poverty has fallen by half over the past decade. But here's the bad news: 71% of the world's population remain...poor'
Yeah, thanks CNN business.money.cnn.com/2015/07/08/new…
Most people haven't been allowed to grasp that we're now in a terrifying period of ecosystem collapse. Coral reefs will soon die, tropical rainforests as we know them won't survive. In fact all ecosystems are now threatened by climate & habitat destruction.
