The news coming out of Ukraine is horrific. The world’s attention is rightly focused on the country. Unfortunately, though, we do not have the luxury of ignoring another humanitarian crisis that is unfurling. The climate crisis is leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake. Yet its fallout is rarely front page news, its impacts seldom provokes universal outrage or immediate action, and its role as a cause of conflict, even war, is barely mentioned.
The disastrous effects of climate shocks today, and in the future, were made clear in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, published on Monday 29 February. Today global temperatures are around 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and the world is suffering from ever more extreme weather. Droughts, floods, storms and heatwaves are all becoming more frequent and intense. Science proves that these changes are a direct consequence of man-made emissions.
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