Ruth Mottram - "I think that human societies have not really grasped that #adaptation to sea level rise is going to be a long process and we are going to be doing it for hundreds of years" #ClimateCrisis https://twitter.com/Oceanwire/status/1380528571832225792">https://twitter.com/Oceanwire...
Vladimir Romanovsky - "Around 4 million people live in the Arctic and they have to deal with the real-life consequences of solid ground #thawing beneath their feet and houses. Some of these impacts could be very severe."
Carolina Vera fears that existing #inequalities will only be exacerbated by climate change.
Dim Coumou - " #Heat and #humidity extremes in the tropics will make it unbearable to be outside. When cooling down by sweating is no longer possible, people can& #39;t work outside and therefore can& #39;t grow food. The likely result being mass #migration.
Abubakr Salih Babiker& #39;s - "A warmer atmosphere can hold more water in it, so heavy rains will leading to #floods. A warmer ocean can lead to stronger tropical cyclones. Extreme weather events can bring further #ecological #disasters along with them, like swarms of locusts"
Ngumbi - "Concerns for vulnerable farmers who live in countries lacking social safety nets, where one season of crop devastation due to insects can mean going #hungry and being unable to pay for their children& #39;s education.
Natasha Picone – "With the pandemic, I realized that we are not doing enough for changing our #cities to be more livable, such as the urban heat island effect, air pollution and urban run-off that can lead to flooding."
Reporter Sam Baker "Thawing #permafrost. A scenario where it all melts, releasing copious amounts of #CO2 and #methane (it holds twice as much carbon as the atmosphere holds right now), and there& #39;s no going back."