 | Climate change is the greatest threat to human survival because it destabilises the systems that sustain life — our air, water, food and homes. Driven by human activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, climate change is causing rising temperatures, rising sea levels, extreme weather events and the collapse of ecosystems. These changes are threatening food security, increasing the spread of disease, displacing millions of people through floods and droughts and exacerbating global conflicts over dwindling resources. Unlike other threats, climate change is systemic, accelerating and interconnected, so it has the potential to destroy civilisation worldwide. Tackling it is not only an ecological imperative, but also a moral and existential one for current and future generations. |
