by Daniel Brouse
Climate Change Hotspots: Highest Risk Over the Next Decade
- Africa (Sahel, Horn & Sub-Saharan): Desertification, megadroughts, crop failures, water shortages, catastrophic flooding, and expanding disease.
- South & Southeast Asia: Deadly heat, glacier-fed flash floods, super-typhoons, coastal erosion, and marine heatwaves threatening hundreds of millions.
- Western North America & Central America: Flash droughts, extreme wildfire seasons, stronger tropical storms, and widespread agricultural collapse.
- South America (Amazon & Andes): Amazon rainforest approaching savannization, while glacial loss threatens freshwater supplies for millions.
- Mediterranean Europe: Rapid drying, chronic water scarcity, declining crop yields, and unprecedented wildfire risk.
- Oceania: Rising seas threaten low-lying island nations, while Australia’s interior faces intensifying megadroughts and catastrophic fire weather.
- Arctic: Fastest-warming region on Earth, with accelerating permafrost thaw, infrastructure failure, coastal erosion, and powerful climate feedbacks.
