The “The Future of Earth, 2020” Report was recently released.

About the report

• The report is released by the South Asia Future Earth Regional Office, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science.
• The report was prepared with the aim of reducing carbon footprint and halting global warming below 2 degree Celsius by 2050.

Highlights of the report

• Five global risks that have the potential to impact and amplify one another in ways that may cascade to create global systemic crisis have been listed by report.
• It listed the following as five global risks:

1. failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation
2. extreme weather events
3. major biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse
4. food crises; and
5. water crises

• Offering examples of how the interrelation of risk factors play a role, scientists say extreme heatwaves can accelerate global warming by releasing large amounts of stored carbon from affected ecosystems, and at the same time intensify water crises and/ or food scarcity.
• The loss of biodiversity also weakens the capacity of natural and agricultural systems to cope with climate extremes, increasing our vulnerability to food crises, they point out.

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