The recent United Nations climate report confirmed that climate change has become rapid, intense and widespread.

These changes will continue their upward trend in the future to increase their impact on human life by increasing the frequency of many extreme weather and climatic phenomena.

Here are the most important of these catastrophic phenomena related to climate change and how they will affect our lives in the future:

Global warming is currently 1.1 degrees Celsius and will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius in two decades (NASA)

Temperatures continue to rise

The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms that the level of future emissions of greenhouse gases due to human activities will determine the extent of the rise in temperature and the severity of future climate change and associated risks in the future.

Not only is the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere increasing, but the rate of this increase is also accelerating.

The report shows that these emissions are responsible for about 1.1°C of warming compared to the period between 1850 and 1900 (often referred to as the pre-industrial period), and this increase will exceed 1.5°C on average before the end of the next two decades.

If this rise continues, its repercussions on the natural water cycle, vegetation cover and oceans will be catastrophic through increased snow melting, sea level rise, extreme heat waves, droughts, torrential rains, tropical cyclones and floods.

Sea level rise continues rapidly and may exceed one meter by the end of the century (Flickr)

Sea level rise and coastal sinking

The sea level rises because the water expands slightly when it warms, but also because the melting of mountain glaciers and polar ice sheets as a result of global warming is adding huge amounts of water to the oceans.

According to the report, sea levels will continue to rise until the end of the century even if we cut emissions, but if we cut emissions enough, the rate of increase can be slowed.

Climate models show that melting Antarctic ice sheets will add between 14 and 114 centimeters to sea level rise by 2100.

In any case, many people will have to leave their homes near the coast, but the number will vary depending on how we act, by reducing global emissions and improving defenses against sea-level rise.

Previous studies have stated that 4 out of 10 people (39% of the world's population) live less than 100 km from beaches and are at risk of flooding if sea levels continue to rise.

600 million of them live in low-lying coastal areas, and 200 million in coastal flood plains.

Extreme heat waves and droughts will increase in frequency in the future (Max Pixel)

Hot, dry and more frequent fires

According to the report, almost all regions of the world outside the polar regions have experienced an increase in extreme heat waves since the 1950s.

These phenomena are occurring 5 times faster than they did between 1850 and 1900.

The unprecedented heatwaves in North America and the United Kingdom recently were a good example of the severity of this phenomenon in recent years.

Previous studies have confirmed that these extreme waves would not have occurred in the absence of gaseous emissions polluting the atmosphere due to human activity.

Warming has also exacerbated droughts in some parts of the world.

Droughts that previously occurred only once per decade are now 70 percent more frequent than in the pre-industrial era.

Previous studies confirmed a link between climate change and the outbreak of a greater number of fires on a larger scale around the shores of the Mediterranean, southern Europe, North America and Australia.

Increasing flood intensity is one of the consequences of global warming (Pixabe)

More severe hurricanes and floods

In parallel, the report considered severe storms and floods to be another growing problem.

What used to be a once-in-a-decade torrential rain is now 30% more frequent.

For tropical cyclones, the proportion of major storms (ranked as Category 3 or higher) is expected to increase in the future, meaning they will get stronger over time.

These extreme phenomena lead to floods during which heavy rains flood drainage systems in urban areas and raise and increase the water level in rivers.

Floods cause loss of life and severe damage to infrastructure, as happened recently in Germany and other European countries.

Tropical storms of Category 3 or higher are expected to increase in the future (NASA)

Other catastrophic consequences

With global warming, changing rainfall patterns, and frequent droughts, scientific studies confirm that many types of plant and animal organisms will be at risk of extinction in the future.

And in return for the enormous damage he has caused, man will receive his reward from nature in the form of food shortages, additional health risks, and an increase in the number of victims of climate change.

It may be difficult to grow enough food in some areas, as the climate will change the crops that can grow in different areas.

Some places may be able to grow new crops, but many places will see a drop in crop production, especially in hotter countries, which will seriously affect social stability in those areas.

The World Health Organization has estimated the number of deaths due to climate change at about 529,000 in 2050. Two billion people will be susceptible to diseases related to these changes, and another 600 million will suffer from malnutrition in 2080.

Climate is one of the important and influential factors in human life, but its importance will increase in the future.