The Climate Point of No-Return (2030)

## Introduction

As world governments failed to take meaningful action against climate change, humanity reached its Point-of-No-Return. In 2030, the United Nations declared a global state of emergency. The United States of America, China, and India failed to curb their CO2 emissions by 2030, setting humanity on a one-way course toward societal collapse caused by irreparable climate change.

As the years went by, the United States' corporate and oil lobbies blocked any action by the government to curb climate change. Conservative and pro-Capital media in the US slowly shifted public support against green policies denouncing them as "an attack on our very way of life." India's fascist government was also pro-Capitalist and refused to implement green policies in fear of losing steam as it slowly became a global superpower to rival the US and China. India's development sparked a Chinese industrial boom; more land was claimed for production and agriculture.

## Impacts in Europe

### Droughts

As Europe moved toward federalization, it was hit hard by draughts. Spain and Portugal suffered extreme droughts, which became annual. Crop failures in the region prompted mass migrations into the center of the EU. Turkiye and Greece saw near total societal collapse after their agricultural sector was decimated by horrendous droughts which became commonplace in the region. Entire towns and villages were abandoned as their inhabitants moved further into Europe.

### Agricultural change

Spain, Portugal, France, England, the Baltics, East Germany, and West Poland saw massive changes to their agricultural sector. Climate change had made sustaining life in large urban centers near impossible. As city people flooded the countryside, local rural communities couldn't handle the massive increase in population, causing massive movements of the population into countries and regions which saw an agricultural boom, caused partially by their geographic location, the influx of agriculturalists, and due to their respective governments' preemptive policies. These places included: Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Northern and Southern Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Catalonia, and the Ex-Yugoslav States.

### Rains and Floods

Climate change caused extreme weather conditions that changed seasonally. Snowfall was a thing of the past, only ever seen in the Alps and in Scandinavia. Instead, summers became extremely hot and dry, while winters became humid and overcast. Rainfall increased drastically and brought seasonal floods with it. The RDR, Novgorod, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, Serbia, and Croatia were now considered winter flood zones. The largest rivers would be expected to flood multiple times every year, for weeks at a time. Settlements which failed to prepare for this were decimated.

### Forest Fires

As Eastern Europe flooded, Western Europe became a hotspot for frequent forest fires. Spain and France made up 75% of Europe's fires from 2030 to 2062. Other regions which were impacted include Dalmatia, Turkiye, Slovenia, Switzerland, Northern Italy, and Southern Germany. Combined with the draughts and agricultural collapse, these regions slowly but surely became uninhabitable by larger populations.

### Sea Level Rise

As the global temperature increased, the sea level rose across the world, eventually impacting Europe as well. England was hit the worst, followed by Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and Norway. The Netherlands actually saw a positive change as they implemented more reclamation initiatives and actually increased their overall coast. Venice, was completely submerged by 2050.

## Global impact

In general, humanity's failure to check climate change resulted in the same effects across the world, but usually in even more extreme manifestations. Tornado activity, heat waves, monsoons, desertification, flooding, animal and plant extinction, mass migrations, and even societal collapse became annual. Still, those in power claimed the majority of these consequences were not man-made, but a result of a natural period in which the Earth's climate became hotter and that it would all eventually blow over, glossing over the fact that the countries which saw no-to-positive change were exactly those countries which implemented green policies prior to 2030 and continued down a climate conscious path.

These changes led to famines, water wars, and the annihilation of entire countries. For Europe, it cemented a path toward federalization under the guise of an enlightened minority who were entrusted with leading the continent through dire times. It also marked the beginning of the end of EU-US relations. The demographic changes in Europe culminated during this period as more and more people congregated in the very heart of Europe.