We asked 380 top climate scientists what they felt about the future…
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Hopeless and broken
– Ruth Cerezo-Mota Mexico
We live in an age of fools
– Anonymous South Africa
I worry about the future my children are inheriting
– Lorraine Whitmarsh UK
They are terrified, but determined to keep fighting.Here’s what they said
Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandoned
Damian Carrington Environment editorWed 8 May 2024 10.00 BSTShare
“Sometimes it is almost impossible not to feel hopeless and broken,” says the climate scientist Ruth Cerezo-Mota. “After all the flooding, fires, and droughts of the last three years worldwide, all related to climate change, and after the fury of Hurricane Otis in Mexico, my country, I really thought governments were ready to listen to the science, to act in the people’s best interest.”
Instead, Cerezo-Mota expects the world to heat by a catastrophic 3C this century, soaring past the internationally agreed 1.5C target and delivering enormous suffering to billions of people. This is her optimistic view, she says.
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