Catastrophic climate change and the collapse of human societies
Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Nogué Bosch, Sandra (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	The scientific community has focused the agenda of studies of climate change on lower-end warming and simple risk analyses, because more realistic complex assessments of risk are more difficult, the benchmark of the international targets is the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to <2°C, and the culture of climate science is to try to avoid alarmism [1]. Current fires, prolonged droughts, floods and heat waves, together with the consequent food insecurity, civil unrest and migrations, however, are opening the eyes not only of most scientists but also of most people all over the world to the need for considering, at least, the potential catastrophic effects of the collapse of ecosystems and society due to the current emergency of climate change.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación TED2021-132627B-I00 European Commission 101045309
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	National science review, Vol. 10, Issue 6 (June 2023) , art. nwad082, ISSN 2053-714X

DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad082
PMID: 37181096

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