In summary, we find that large fractions of global birth cohorts are projected to live unprecedented exposure to heatwaves, river floods, droughts, crop failures, wildfires and tropical cyclones. As the frequency of these six climate extremes increases with warming, so does the fraction of people who will face ULE to these events. More ambitious policies are needed to achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C by 2100 relative to the 2.7 °C warming expected under current policies, especially as the most vulnerable groups have more members projected to face unprecedented exposure to heatwaves. Children would reap the direct benefits of this increased ambition: a total of 613 million children born between 2003 and 2020 would then avoid ULE to heatwaves. For crop failures, this is 98 million, for river floods 64 million, for tropical cyclones 76 million, for droughts 26 million and for wildfires 17 million. This underlines the urgent need for deep and sustained greenhouse gas emission reductions to safeguard the future of current young generations.
Grant, L., Vanderkelen, I., Gudmundsson, L. et al. Global emergence of unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes.
Nature 641, 374–379 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08907-1
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Grant, L., Vanderkelen, I., Gudmundsson, L. et al. Global emergence of unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes.
Nature 641, 374–379 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08907-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08907-1
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Tags: children and climate changeclimate extremes exposuredroughts and crop failuresfuture generations and climate resilienceglobal warming impactsgreenhouse gas emission reductionsheatwaves and health risksParis Agreement goalsriver floods and vulnerabilitytropical cyclones and disaster preventionurgent climate action neededwildfires and climate policy