
319Pollutant Emissions
• Major changes in ecosystem structure and func-
tion such as increased risk for wildres.
• Reduced crop production in some locations
resulting in increased risk of hunger.
• Signicant coastal erosion.
• Increased ooding.
• Increased deaths, diseases, and injury due to
extreme weather events.
• Reduced water availability including drought
in many locations.
• Increased ocean acidication.
There is also the risk of abrupt and irreversible changes
due to anthropogenic warming, which could perma-
nently damage the environment.
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There is a wide consensus that we are approaching
the sunset of the conventional oil era in the ...