TrueWorld Organization, S.L
Calle Catalunya 4 Entlo A, 07011 Palma
Ed. Naorte Bloque A 1-12, 07121 ParcBit, Palma
In the context of Desertification and Drought Day, TRUEWORLD wants to highlight the role of science and technology in the identification of drought risks according to different scenarios of global temperature increase. Thanks to the implementation of a new visualisation layer of possible climate scenarios in its Observatory, TWO predicts that the Balearic Islands could suffer intense desertification if current levels of CO2 emissions are not reduced.
The TRUEWORLD Climate Change Observatory is a digital twin of the earth based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) that allows the visualisation of the main environmental indicators in 3D and in real time. Its new predictive model, Possible Climate Futures, visualises the different climate scenarios that will occur if we exceed global temperatures by 1.5ºC, 2ºC, 3ºC or 4ºC.
This Possible Climate Futures layer reflects the results of the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body responsible for assessing scientific data related to climate change. It includes the essential model data on temperature and precipitation for each temperature increase scenario. Through the TRUEWORLD Observatory layer, the ability to navigate anywhere in the world and click on a specific location to see the temperature and precipitation consequences of each of the four scenarios is available to all.
If CO2 emissions continue at current rates, there is a 50% chance that the Earth's global temperature will increase by 1.5°C over the next two decades. This temperature increase would bring catastrophic consequences for human life and health such as an increase and duration of drought episodes on Earth, as well as floods, melting of the poles, loss of valuable ecosystems or increasingly extreme weather events.
There is substantial evidence that human-induced global warming has led to a very significant increase in the risk of drought in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region, making it clear that this is one of the major environmental challenges of our time. For example, in the Balearic Islands, with a global average increase of 1.5ºC there would be an increase in the average temperature of 1.54ºC and a decrease in precipitation of 8.61% and with a global average increase of 4ºC, the average temperature would increase by 3.82ºC and precipitation would decrease by 21.36%. This last scenario would be catastrophic for the Balearic Islands and would lead to a desertification process with serious consequences for biodiversity, food security, socio-economic stability and sustainable development.
For this reason, TRUEWORLD stresses that the key to mitigating the environmental impact and the transition to a sustainable economy is to make scientific data available to the public in order to know the real effects of the climate crisis and develop solutions based on scientific and technological innovation.
"Our goal is to make environmental technology and access to scientifically rigorous information available to society in order to initiate change and stop the climate crisis". - Marco Mendoza, founder of TRUEWORLD.
In the context of the International Day of Desertification and Drought we have joined the United Nations campaign (@UNCCD) #Droughtland (https://droughtland.com/), the country that lives in permanent drought. Its inhabitants tell us what it's like to live without water. It's a wake-up call about the real danger of a future threatened by drought, a world where trees are just a figment of the imagination, people only have access to processed food and water is a luxury.
What would happen in a country where #drought is permanent? 💧
Visit @TourDroughtland and discover what life would be like without water🚰🌾
Take action now if you don't want Spain🇪 to become #Droughtland #NoDroughtland @SpainUN
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TrueWorld Organization, S.L
Calle Catalunya 4 Entlo A, 07011 Palma
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