Heat & Hunger
It wasn’t just hot — it was deadly. This once-rare condition made it unsafe to go outside in parts of the Middle East and tropics, even in the shade.
What are heatwaves?
You saw it on the news in the 2010s: floods in this Southeast Asian country devastated rice crops and displaced thousands.
What is Myanmar?
in this place, you watched the world’s thermometer spike. This region warmed twice as fast and flooded cities as ice vanished.
What is the Arctic?
You used to call it a “once in a century” storm. By 2050, it was happening this often.
What is every year?
As temperatures rose, so did these bloodsucking carriers of malaria, which found new habitats in places once too cool for them.
What are mosquitoes?
You might’ve enjoyed it in your living room, but this cooling invention accelerated global emissions and deepened inequality worldwide.
What is air conditioning?
this was one of the first groups targeted
Who are the Rohingya?
You saw flowers bloom too early and birds fly too far north. But many species couldn’t adapt in time to this.
What is climate stress
You watched entire island nations disappear beneath the waves as this slow-motion force reshaped coastlines.
What is sea level rise?
You didn’t need to live near the equator to catch malaria anymore. By the 2060s, outbreaks reached these two U.S. states known for warm, wet summers.
What are Florida and Texas?
Food insecurity soared when crops couldn’t take the heat. For every degree of warming, we lost up to this percentage of our grain yield.
What is 10% (or up to 17%)?
When disasters hit and food grew scarce, people didn’t see each other as neighbors. They saw each other as these.
What are competitors?
You may have itched more often — these climate-loving invaders spread to new regions, including your own backyard.
What are ticks (or invasive species)?
You smelled it in the air for weeks. Wildfires worsened every year, driven by extreme heat and this long-term drying.
What is drought?
Millions moved not just because of sea level rise or wildfires — but to escape these fast-growing, disease-carrying insect populations.
What are malaria-spreading mosquitoes?
The fertile lands of southern Europe, once known for wine and olive oil, turned to dust by the 2080s due to this lasting condition.
What is permanent drought?
Climate didn’t swing the machete or fire the rifle. This did.
What is human behavior (or human decision-making)?
You thought the ocean would save you. But as it soaked up carbon, it turned into this acidic threat to marine life.
What is ocean acidification?
You remember the vibrant reefs of Australia — until back-to-back hurricanes and heatwaves caused this whitening event.
What is coral bleaching?
It wasn’t just nature forcing you to move — rising malaria risk shut down tourism, stressed hospitals, and drained local economies in these formerly “safe” high-altitude regions.
What are the Andes and East African Highlands?
You didn’t just feel warmer — you felt more at risk. Armed conflicts doubled this century as climate pressure escalated this.
What are wars (or armed conflicts)?
Climate change hit hardest where existing injustices already lived — tangled in these three types of inequality.
What are cultural, political, and economic inequalities?
You snorkeled over these as a kid — now they’re bleached, broken, and buried beneath rising seas.
What are coral reefs?
When the Earth melted, it didn’t just reshape the landscape — it released carbon, methane, and even ancient viruses from this.
What is permafrost (or the cryosphere)?
By the mid-century, you were one of over a billion people on the move due to a mix of rising seas, droughts, and disease. This is what climate refugees were called when no legal protections existed.
What are internally displaced persons (or stateless climate migrants)?