The journal Science has a stark message for babies born in the year 2021: It's going to be tough out there.
University of Brussels' Professor Wim Thiery writes in the study that climate change will have a serious impact on the futures of babies born this year: "Twice as many wildfires, three times more river floods, three times more droughts, seven times more extreme heatwaves compared to a person born in 1960."
Professor Thiery adds, "It's physics, and you can't negotiate with the climate system. The only thing we can do is bring our emissions to zero. Then warming will stop."
The authors of the study do point out that if we take action today, we can help out future generations: "Climate change is really a story of our own lives. The lives of our current children, current young generations. Acting now will reduce the burden on those generations."
