Experts predict warming in a “worst-case scenario.” Australian analysts consider the chances of the destruction of civilization high as early as 2050 and call on the world to universally mobilize to combat climate change. The independent analytical group Breakthrough – National Center for Climate Restoration operates in Australia. It includes prominent scientists, politicians and public figures and has been working on global climate change issues since 2014. The group recently released a new report looking at near- and medium-term forecasts, and its findings were extremely frightening. Climate change has been called an existential threat to civilization, and a very close one at that: according to analysts, by 2050 the life of humanity will change dramatically. A key author of the report was former Australian Defense Minister, retired Admiral Chris Barrie, an active conservationist. In his opinion, climate change by 2050 could have “extremely serious consequences” for security, which are not only very likely, but also difficult to predict, since humanity has not experienced anything of this magnitude in the last thousand years. Chris Barry estimates that continuation of current global warming trends will cause average temperatures to rise by 3°C, after which the changes will become irreversible. At the same time, the ex-admiral believes that the point of no return has almost been passed and today we are rapidly moving towards the destruction of the normal biosphere, and with it, states and the usual order of international relations. Huge numbers of people will be forced to move from areas that have become uninhabitable, and even more will face a shortage of clean water. Agricultural productivity will drop sharply, and in the still fertile subtropical zones it will become completely impossible. “Even 2°C warming would displace more than a billion people, and in less favorable scenarios the scale of destruction would be beyond our ability to predict, even to the point of the complete end of civilization,” writes Chris Barry. The ex-admiral believes that the only way to ease the catastrophe will be the global mobilization of the efforts of the entire world community. Something like what happened during World War II, but focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and restoring the Earth's climate. Are you ready to change your attitude towards the environment and consumption?