Thanks to climate change, we are now living in the age of extreme weather events.
We have had floods in Pakistan and China, a crippling drought and bush fires in Russia, and wild winds causing blackouts to homes and businesses in Sydney, Australia. Global warming has made things more unpredictable.
"What we can say is that given the projections for future temperature rises, that we will be seeing more and more Russias around the world. The next time it may be in China, may be in the U.S. midwest or Great Plains. Could be in two or three of them at once. Then we are in real trouble,'' Earth Policy institute president Lester Brown told the Voice of America.
The weather patterns are likely to have an impact on global economy and highlight the economic risks created by global warming. One of the key indicators of that is grain. Russia has banned grain exports sending wheat prices soaring. The impact of this will be uneven. Australia is set to benefit from the Russian ban because of the solid rains and as The Telegraph points out, there have been bumper harvests in the United States.
But that's just luck. The unpredictability of today's weather patterns suggest we might not be that fortunate next time.
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