Signal Antarctic melt rate said to have tripled in five years and hazard exposure to have doubled in forty

Summary

The Megatrends 2040 report states that the rate of Antarctic ice melt has tripled over the past five years. It adds that exposure to natural hazards has doubled over the last forty years, reaching an ever wider range of regions worldwide. These figures open the report's discussion of climate change as a megatrend demanding ecological reform. The report connects such indicators to more frequent extreme weather, rising seas and threats to safety, economies and ecosystems. It also warns that the visible effects of climate change are expected to intensify globally in the coming decades.