INTRODUCTION

CONSEQUENCES OF CO2 DRIVEN CLIMATE CHANGE:

extreme high temperatures		prolonged drought
uncontrolled wild fires		insect infestations
winter road failure		permafrost melting
loss of seasonal snow packs		lack of irrigation water
flash floods		violent storms
sea level rise		fish stock collapse
high wet bulb temperature

 

UNCONTROLLED HUMAN MIGRATION
In many countries climate change is more consequential than in Canada.
There is already uncontrolled human migration from low elevation tropical
countries into higher elevation temperate countries.
Each new migrant stresses existing accommodation, infrastructure
and public services.
 

PROCRASTINATION:
By failing to take climate change mitigation seriously political leaders and fossil
fuel promoters squandered Earth's former good climate. A fossil carbon tax
provides little climate benefit if consumers cannot access economic clean energy.

Continuing failure to mitigate climate change will eventually lead to a climate similar to
that during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) 56 million years ago. The adverse
climate during the PETM caused extinction of both large land animals and many marine species.