UN-report: Climate Factors Favouring SEMViD-50 Pandemic

Context

In November 2050 the IPCC report highlighted important factors increasing danger for pandemics, especially the SEMViD-50 pandemic.

Record Temperatures

2050 is again the warmest year since the start of weather reports. The winter especially in Central Europe is the mildest ever registered. Global warming is at an all-time high. The temperature on land has increased since industrialisation about 2.2 degrees. The 1.5-degree-target is history and we are looking towards a future with about 2.5 degrees global warming.

Melting of Permafrost

With increasing tempartures more permafrost regions like Sibiria and Greenland loose their permafrost. In Switzerland the glaciers are also melting faster than ever. This increases the possibility for dangers with unknown viruses. Origin of SEMViD: Since 1980, the thawing of Swiss permafrost has rapidly accelerated. The effects of this climate-change-induced process are widely acknowledged as detrimental to local infrastructure, communities, and tourism. In recent months, growing evidence points to the origin of the SEMViD pathogen originating in this melting permafrost.

Another consequence is the rise of sea levels.

Extreme Weather Events

Extreme weather events are evolving and the frequency and consequences are growing all over the world. Wild Fires are raging all over the equatorial climate zones and more and more people need to flee their home-countries in order to stay in a habitable environment. Also the Flood Catastrophes have increased. In 2050 was the year with the most flood ever. For example the Flood Catastrophe Rhone-valley was one of the most costly floods in recent history.

Flood Catastrophe Rhone-valley 2050

Topographic map of the Rhône valley in Switzerland, with the flooded area shaded blue along the valley floor from Lake Geneva eastward, covering the river and the settlements along it between the surrounding mountains.

In June and July, heavy rainfall throughout the Western Alps region caused catastrophic flooding, which reached its peak in the Swiss Rhône Valley. This sudden heavy rainfall quickly overwhelmed the local disaster response forces. Although many such extreme weather events, which had become significantly more frequent worldwide in recent years, had already been successfully managed globally, such as the severe El Niño year of 2049, and people were consequently aware of the risks posed by major environmental disasters, no such severe events were expected on the mainland, particularly in the mountains. As a result, the authorities were severely overwhelmed due to a lack of appropriate expertise and preparedness. Estimates put the death toll at around 1,200, while approximately 20,000 people urgently required medical assistance.

Immediately after the outbreak of the SEMViD disease, the medical infrastructure in the surrounding areas was on the verge of collapse and could only be prevented from completely collapsing through humanitarian and financial assistance from neighboring countries. As soon as the first SEMViD infections were detected, a large-scale evacuation of injured people to France was ordered in order to alleviate the strained situation.

Climate Refugees

With the rise of sea-levels and more inhuman conditions in certain areas the increase of refugees challenges local governments. We advise to take this development seriously and dedicate funds to provide healthy and clean environments for refugees.