This is to our future generation. A big sorry and an inspiration for you to change your behaviour and take part in a movement to save our planet.
Dear Future Generations: Sorry
A different outlook is depicted in the following by years to come.
2020
Europe experiences an increased incidence of flash flooding; meanwhile, agricultural yields decrease by up to 50% in some parts of the world due to less rain.
2025
5 Billion people face periodic water shortages. Melting permafrost in the Arctic releases 190 gigatons of greenhouse gases, further amplifying the current warming trend
2030
Ocean acidification destroys 18% of the planet’s coral reefs; in Asia alone, the coral loss amounts to 30%. Meanwhile, temperate glaciers disappear altogether on the equatorial mountains of Africa, and the Arctic Sea is now completely ice-free in summer
2047
The period of the so-called “climate departure” – appoint of no return, when average temperatures become so impacted by the evolving climate that a feedback loop obtains, and the “old” climatic conditions disappear entirely.
2050
Fully a quarter of the world’s plant and vertebrate animal species face extinction, and ocean acidification kills off most remaining coral reefs. Small alpine glaciers disappear completely, and large glaciers shrink by up to 70%. Meanwhile, horrendous heat waves prove fatal major cities throughout the world.
2070
Warmer, drier conditions lead to more frequent and longer droughts, heat waves and fire-seasons. Drought causes decrease in world hydropower electricity production; total European hydroelectric capacity declines 6%, while in the Mediterranean the decrease is up to 50%.
2080
Some parts of the world are desiccated, others are inundated; sea levels around New York City rise by more than three feet. 100 million people experience coastal flooding each year; between 1.1 and 3.2 billion people experience water shortages.
2085
The “boosting” of tropical climate zones into higher latitudes greatly expands the geographical reach of numerous tropical disease vectors; pathogens like Dengue fever, Zika, and West Nile virus now have access to much of humankind.
2100
Atmospheric CO2, reaches 840 ppmv, its highest level in the past 650’000 years. New climate zones appear on up to 39% of the Earth’s land surface, transforming the planet’s surface features. Increased droughts create a “Dust Bowl” environments throughout the world.
2110
In response to the multiplying threats confronting mankind, the world governments make common cause to halt and reverse global climate change. Using space-based sunshades, cloud-seeing technologies, and chemical carbon sequestration, Earth’s fever abates and begins to recede.