Earth, the habitable bluish green planet, will be alien to the Human Civilisation in 400 years. The Earth will no longer be habitable as a result of rapid Climate Change. Well, the scientists of the UN have given this warning in their newly published report, titled: ‘United Nations Assessment of Nationally Determined Contributions’. The report has recently been published in the scientific research journal Global Change Biology.

As per the report, even if the States manage to fulfill their recent commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the average global temperature will rise by at least 2.7 degrees Celsius, compared to levels in pre-industrial period, in the next 79 years. It will trigger frequent, terrible and unprecedented wildfires all over the world. In the same way, the intensity and number of storms, cyclones, droughts, floods, heat and cold waves would also increase, making the Earth no longer habitable by the end of 2100. Scientists have further warned that (land and water) ecosystems, too, would change radically.

It may be noted that the Paris Climate Agreement had warned that the rise of average global temperature must be kept at 2 degrees Celsius higher than average temperature in pre-industrial era by 2100. Else, the Human Civilisation will come to an end.

According to the UN scientists, it would not be possible to check the rise of average global temperature even after 2100. As a result, much of the world’s agricultural land would become barren. Those lands would gradually move towards the two poles of the Earth. At the same time, ice sheets in two polar regions would melt, raising the sea level and lifting the land hidden beneath them. The Amazon Basin would also dry up in another four centuries.

Due to the increase in intensity and incidences of heat waves in tropical countries, including India, the entire region would become uninhabitable, if the Global Community does not act now.

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Koushik Das (born on May 16, 1976 in Kolkata) is a career journalist. Based in the Indian capital of New Delhi, Koushik writes mainly about foreign policies and current geopolitical issues, and rarely about other topics. His own political ideas are highly influenced by Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, Michael Oakeshott and others. English philosopher and political theorist Oakeshott (Dec 11, 1901-Dec 19, 1990) says that “in political activity, men sail a boundless and bottomless sea. There is neither harbour for shelter nor floor for anchorage, neither starting-place, nor appointed destination. But we have to keep afloat”. (Rationalism in Politics, 1962) As a student of Political Science, Koushik loves to share his views on issues, which have great impacts on his thought process (and also on India, South Asia and of course on the global community), with his readers through his website – Boundless Ocean of Politics. By doing so, he tries to keep himself afloat. You will find some of his articles in https://inserbia.info/today/ (https://inserbia.info/today/author/kou_das13_i/), as he has been trying to assess the global geopolitics since 2003. You can also mail him at kousdas@gmail.com View all posts by Koushik Das