If I were to predict the "Climate Change End of the World" and scholars, media, politicians and Hollywood all threw their support behind my predictions, How many times could I repeat the process before I was scorned and called a nutjob? Asking for a friend. 😉🤣

Here is a list of the top 20 "Climate Change End of the World" predictions. There are hundreds if you search. (Hint: Don't search on Google. They have biased the results)

Apocalyptic Climate Change Predictions (1970s - 2020s)

1970s

  1. 1970 - Earth Day Predictions: Some environmentalists predicted that by the year 2000, we would

face mass starvation, resource depletion, and global societal collapse due to environmental

degradation.

  1. 1972 - The Limits to Growth (Club of Rome): Warned of economic and societal collapse in the

21st century due to resource exhaustion and environmental stress, including climate-related

impacts.

  1. 1974 - TIME Magazine's Global Cooling Cover: Predicted a looming ice age within decades,

suggesting widespread agricultural collapse (later debunked as cooling concerns faded).

  1. 1979 - Charney Report: While not apocalyptic, it warned that unchecked CO2 emissions could

dramatically alter the climate, leading to severe disruptions globally.

1980s

  1. 1982 - The Global 2000 Report to the President: Predicted widespread famine, resource wars,

and environmental collapse by the year 2000 without drastic changes in environmental policy.

  1. 1988 - James Hansen's Testimony to Congress: Warned that human-caused climate change

would trigger extreme weather, droughts, and potential global destabilization within a few decades if

emissions weren't curbed.

  1. 1989 - UN Environmental Official's Warning: Claimed that entire nations could be wiped off the

map by rising sea levels by the year 2000 due to climate change.

Climate Change Catastrophe

1990s

  1. 1990 - IPCC First Assessment Report: Predicted dramatic climate shifts, leading to widespread

flooding, desertification, and food insecurity without emissions cuts.

  1. 1992 - Rio Earth Summit Predictions: Warned of irreversible environmental damage leading to

catastrophic impacts for humanity if global leaders failed to act immediately.

  1. 1999 - Pentagon Climate Report (Draft Concepts): Suggested climate change could cause

global chaos, with major European cities underwater, widespread wars over resources, and mass

migrations by the early 2000s.

2000s

  1. 2004 - Pentagon Climate Report (Finalized): Predicted that by 2020, climate change could

cause widespread droughts, famine, and resource wars leading to the breakdown of global order.

  1. 2006 - Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth: Highlighted potential for catastrophic sea-level rise,

extreme weather, and societal collapse if climate action wasn't immediate.

  1. 2007 - IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Warned that failure to limit emissions could result in

catastrophic impacts, including mass extinctions and uninhabitable regions by the end of the

century.

2010s

  1. 2012 - Arctic Ice-Free Prediction: Some climate scientists and media outlets predicted the Arctic

could be ice-free in summer by 2013, leading to cascading climate disasters (ice decline has been

rapid, but not ice-free yet).

  1. 2014 - IPCC Fifth Assessment Report: Warned of 'severe, pervasive, and irreversible' impacts

without aggressive climate mitigation, including threats to food security, water resources, and global

stability.

  1. 2017 - The Uninhabitable Earth (David Wallace-Wells): Predicted worst-case scenarios like

unlivable heatwaves, economic collapse, and widespread famine if emissions weren't rapidly

reduced.

  1. 2018 - UN Climate Report (12-Year Deadline): Suggested that humanity had only 12 years to

prevent catastrophic climate impacts, leading to media interpretations of a looming 'climate

apocalypse' by 2030.

2020s (So Far)

  1. 2021 - IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Described the climate crisis as a 'code red for humanity,'

warning of tipping points that could lead to irreversible global collapse.

  1. 2022 - Climate Tipping Points Report: Predicted that we are approaching thresholds beyond

which rapid, irreversible changes could lead to the collapse of major ecosystems and large-scale

human displacement.

  1. 2023 - Doomsday Climate Clock Activism: Claimed that without drastic action, humanity faces

existential risks from climate change within the next few decades.

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While I'm not oblivious to the damage we do to our planet, I also know that Climate Change is not a catastrophic world ending issue. I'm angered almost every time I go for a trail ride by the trash and destruction some people leave behind. I also am very aware of the devastation that our oceans and waterways are experiencing from pollution. I do not however conflate my anger to the level that would bridge to me making fake predictions to get people to donate to fake nonprofits to enrich the corrupt among us.

Michael Gray

Michael@desertjeerat.com