James Hansen testifying before congress in 1988.
• EXTREME HIGH TEMPERATURES
• SEA LEVEL RISE
• FLOODING OF POPULATED AREAS
• EXCESSIVE AND UNPREDICTABLE RAIN
• EXCESSIVE AND UNPREDICTABLE DROUGHT
• MELTING OF GLACIERS RELIED ON FOR WATER SUPPLY
• MELTING OF TUNDRA RESULTING IN STRUCTURE INSTABILITY
• MELTING OF TUNDRA RELEASING METHANE
• FAILURE OF CROPS TO GROW DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES
• FAILURE OF CROPS DUE TO IRREGULAR RAIN PATTERNS
• FAILURE OF CROPS TO GROW DUE TO DROUGHT
• WILDFIRES DUE TO OR EXACERBATED BY DROUGHT
• DEATH DUE TO EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURES
• INCREASED SEVERITY OF STORMS
• COMBINATION OF INTENSE STORMS, HIGH WATER AND/OR TIDAL SURGE
• REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF ARABLE LAND
• REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF LAND UNDER TEMPERATE TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS
• PRESSURE TO CONTINUE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS
• PRESSURE NOT TO USE NUCLEAR ENERGY SOURCES
• UNRELIABILITY OF CLIMATE MODELS
• UNPREDICTABLE AND/OR RAPID CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE
• INCIDENCE OF NEW DISEASES INFECTING HUMANS
• INCIDENCE OF NEW DISEASES INFECTING FOOD SOURCES
• PRESSURE TO CONTINUE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS
• PRESSURE NOT TO USE NUCLEAR ENERGY SOURCES
• FAILURE OF CLIMATE MODELS
• UNPREDICTABLE AND/OR RAPID CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE
• POSSIBILITY OF CIVIL WAR
• POPULIST, CONSERVATIVE, AUTHORITATIVE LEADERSHIP MORE INTERESTED IN POWER THAN IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
• FAILURE TO GRASP THE TRUTH OF THE CLIMATE PROCESS
• FAILURE TO ACT AS A RESULT OF NOT UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS
• ACCEPTING POSITIONS AND CONCLUSIONS AS A RESULT OF POLITICAL ALLIANCES
• INADEQUATE SCIENCE EDUCATION
• INFLUENCE OF IRRATIONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS