Trends of global change

Climate Change is humankind’s greatest challenge of the 21st century. The complex impacts will be felt across all continents and nations—no one will be exempt. The natural systems of the planet coupled with the human systems will be strained significantly. Our basic security issues of food, water and energy, when juxtaposed against a backdrop of 9 billion people, by mid-century will become a backdrop for disease, food insufficiency, human migration, and conflict at a scale unseen in our historical memories.