Journal article
An urgent need for COP27: confronting converging crises
J Falk, RR Colwell, SK Behera, AS El-Beltagy, PH Gleick, CF Kennel, YT Lee, CA Murray, I Serageldin, K Takeuchi, T Yasunari, C Watanabe, J Kauffman, K Soderland, I Elouafi, R Paroda, AK Chapagain, J Rundle, N Hanasaki, H Hayashi Show all
Sustainability Science | Springer | Published : 2023
Abstract
The last 12 months have provided further evidence of the potential for cascading ecological and socio-political crises that were warned of 12 months ago. Then a consensus statement from the Regional Action on Climate Change Symposium warned: “the Earth’s climatic, ecological, and human systems are converging towards a crisis that threatens to engulf global civilization within the lifetimes of children now living.” Since then, the consequences of a broad set of extreme climate events (notably droughts, floods, and fires) have been compounded by interaction with impacts from multiple pandemics (including COVID-19 and cholera) and the Russia–Ukraine war. As a result, new connections are becomin..
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