The Fellowship Feels the Heat

According to a new study published in Nature Climate Change, 85% of the global population is feeling the impacts of human-induced climate change. And while the world's most emitting (and wealthiest) nations lag decisive climate action, developing countries are bearing the brunt of climate fallout. If these big emitters don't step up to lead and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement -- soon enough, no one nowhere will be left untouched.

In the words of Galadriel, "The quest stands on the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while there's still time to stop putting so much CO2 in the atmosphere."

BBC News: Climate change IPCC report is 'code red for humanity,' UN scientists say - BBC News, August 9, 2021.

About Alexandra Bowman

Alexandra Bowman is World War Zero's cartoonist in residence. She is a political cartoonist and satirist, creating work with The Lincoln Project and environmental newsletter Our Daily Planet. Bowman's illustrations have been published by BBC News, BBC Books, Puffin Books, the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service, the National Wildlife Federation, and Penguin Random House UK. As a rising senior at Georgetown University, she is double majoring in English and Art and will be graduating early with a Master's in English in May 2023. Bowman also founded The Hilltop Show, a political comedy webseries run by over 50 undergraduate and graduate student members from around the world, and serves as its host and Lead Satirical Writer.