We’ve all grown up watching movies like ‘2012’ and hearing rumours about the world ending. Well, the time is actually nearer than we imagined. According to a former Australian defense chief and senior royal navy commander human civilization might collapse in coming decades due to climate change. So, what does it mean for life as we know it?
What Is It?
The analysis was published by the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration which is a think-tank in Melbourne, Australia. The analysis described climate change as “a near- to mid-term existential threat to human civilization”. It further says that the outcomes of climate-related security threats are often far more than assumed.
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The report warns that the planetary and human systems are sure to reach a ‘point of no return’ by mid-century, in which the prospect of a largely uninhabitable Earth leads to the breakdown of nations and the international order.
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What’s More?
Based on lack of actions to rapidly extinguish all greenhouse gas emissions within the next decade, the authors sketch out a scenario in which global emissions peak in 2030. To prepare for such an impact, the report calls for an overhaul in all the countries’ risk management.
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The effect of the entire process will be accelerating the greenhouse effect, that is just like a green house traps heat and keeps it warm, greenhouse gases will trap all the earth’s heat causing a rise in the earth’s over all temperature. This process in turn will cause the sea ice to melt, warming oceans further and raising sea levels rapidly.
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The study suggests that in order to reduce this risk, and to protect the human civilisation a massive global mobilisation of resources will be needed in the coming decade to build a zero-emissions industrial system and set in train the restoration of a safe climate.\
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Well, now that we know that end for the human civilaisation is inevitable, we believe it is high time that we start doing our bit to save the earth and all life on it.