Where We Are, What It Will Take and What If We Fail?

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Illustrations by Marco Miccichè


Where We Are

2006

The Tuni-Condoriri glaciers, which provide water for the cities of El Alto and La Paz in Bolivia, lose 39% of their surface area, compared to 1983 measurements — a shrinkage rate of 0.24 sq km per year.

2008

Massive ice chunks separate from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier and there are significant ice shelf breakups in Antarctica.

2010

European summer begins 10 days earlier than expected. Rates of “one-in-a-thousand” heat days — days in which populations are subjected to potentially lethal temperatures — reaches 500% of pre-industrial levels.

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