Climate change impacts

Climate change is no longer a distant future concern. We are seeing warming, extreme weather events, and declining resource availability in the present. There are increasing impacts to water availability, food security, electricity, public health, and safety. These impacts disproportionately harm impoverished and marginalized communities, and the developing world. Worsening climate change and extreme weather events could cause disruption, damage, and failure of infrastructure and supply chains, leading to large economic losses. Declining resource availability may also aggravate political tensions and cause shifts in power or outright conflict. As impacts grow, there is increasing public concern and urgency for action. Rapid action is needed to both stop climate change and improve infrastructure to use and distribute limited resources efficiently.