17 January, 2019

The Climate Change Solution That Could Spark Global War

It could be any country, but let’s say it’s Vietnam.
Geoengineering has the potential to start a global war.
The year is 2069. World governments failed to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 the deadline set in a 2018 United Nations report setting off a chain of rapid warming. Megastorms and wildfires regularly kill hundreds and displace tens of thousands, and coastal cities are abandoning low-lying neighborhoods to the rising sea. Freshwater and food are in short supply as drought dries wellsprings and parches the Mekong Delta’s rice basket.

In an effort to provide some relief and rein in the chaos, global superpowers decide to block out the sun.


Read the story from Medium by Alexander C. Kaufman - "The Climate Change Solution That Could Spark Global War."

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