by Christine
Fernando for USA TODAY
Under current global climate policies, children born in 2021
worldwide face a dire future of climate disasters with disproportionate rates
of flooding, heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and crop failures compared to their
grandparents, according to a study published Sunday.
The study, published in the journal Science, found that
children born in 2021 will on average live on an Earth with seven times more
heatwaves, twice as many wildfires, and almost three times as many droughts,
river floods and crop failures as people born 60 years ago.
"This basically means that people younger than 40 today
will live an unprecedented life even under the most stringent climate change
mitigation scenarios," lead author Wim Thiery said in a statement.
"Our results highlight a severe threat to the safety of young generations
and call for drastic emission reductions to safeguard their future."
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