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[[File:Lick Fire on the Umatilla National Forest burning at night.jpg|alt=Forest fire|thumb|380x380px|Forest fire at Umatilla National Forest. Extreme forest fires are caused by climate change, and they unleash effects (more {{CO2}} into the air, more heat...) which may make the situation even worse.]]
'''Climate endgame''' is the name some scientists have given to the hypothesis of a global societal collapse<ref name="Carrington">{{cite news |last1=Carrington |first1=Damian |title=Climate endgame: risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/01/climate-endgame-risk-human-extinction-scientists-global-heating-catastrophe |access-date=11 August 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=1 August 2022}}</ref> due to [[effects of climate change]]. The real chance of happening is considered small,<ref name="Carrington" /> but
Other scientists had previously warned about this hypothesis, but they found less echo. For example, the fifth assessment of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (April 2021),<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Malley |first1=Nick |title=Facing the climate ‘endgame’ in a world bound for 1.5 degrees warming |url=https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/facing-the-climate-endgame-in-a-world-bound-for-1-5-degrees-warming-20210414-p57j8j.html#:~:text=The%20report%20finds%20%E2%80%9Cmultiple%20lines,rate%20of%20sea%20levels%20rising. |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 April 2021}}</ref> or John van der Velden and Rob White in their book ''The Extinction Curve'' (January 2021).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Extinction Curve: Growth and Globalisation in the Climate Endgame |url=https://www.amazon.es/Extinction-Curve-Globalisation-Climate-Endgame/dp/1800438273 |website=Amazon |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref>
This fear is somewhat analogous to [[nuclear winter]],<ref name="Carrington" /> a worst-case possibility which was broadly studied and analysed during the [[Cold War]]. It could also be seen as a manifestation of [[eco-anxiety]].
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The collapse would come through four factors: famine (crop loss, [[drought]]), [[extreme weather]] ([[hurricane]]s, [[flood]]s), war (caused by the scarce resources) and disease.<ref name="Carrington" />
== See also ==
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