Imagine 9,700,000,000 people on this little planet by 2050 or 2,000,000,000 more than today. The U.N. predictions are 11,000,000,000 by 2100 or twice 1995’s population. Several countries have an aging population so they are trying to grow workers with incentives. It means rushing to an overpopulated end.
As the oceans rise and flood coastal cities, islands, and low lying countries around the world, where will the climate migrants, domestic and foreign, live? The latest estimate is at least a rise of six feet flooding most major coastal cities by 2100. Many are planning to build dikes like New Orleans. Others like Miami are planning to raise the streets and ground floors. Some countries may lose many thousands of square miles and their populations will need to go somewhere else! Where?
The migration has already started. The Syrian Civil war started because of a long term drought forcing farmers into cities. Some Pacific Islanders have started leaving their islands because their islands are getting smaller as the sea around them rises. Bangladesh is a low country that regularly floods from heavy rains in the Himalayas. Even now much of the delta is staying flooded forcing the people to leave for higher ground in the north.
For two centuries science has known small amounts of carbon dioxide over the optimal historical amount will cause the Earth to warm and the more it increases the warmer the Earth gets. So why is our government the only country not working on a national plan? All seventeen science agencies and all four branches of military are preparing for the future. Why is the far right duping people into disbelieving the facts? It’s about to hit the fan and they don’t care. Why?