Risk 1: Food Prices Will Keep Going Up
For many years, environmentalists have decried the impact of climate change on “ecosystems,” which at least in my mind, always conjured things like tree species under stress or disappearing butterflies. I could get quite emotional about the baby seals or the withered polar bears. I remember being especially moved when my young daughter would come with a mailing she’d received and show me all the terrible things that were happening. “Oh my gosh!” I’d say. “Get the credit card and I’ll make a donation!”