The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'
- In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people.
- The devastation causes the world's nations unite to combat climate change.
- Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts.
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- In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people.
- The devastation causes the world's nations unite to combat climate change.
- Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts.
Sources: The Independent