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The publication warns that without urgent action, an estimated 700 million people will be at risk of displacement by the end of the decade, while drought could affect over three-quarters of the world's population by 2050.

"The findings of the Commission on Human Rights are a vindication for the millions of people whose fundamental rights are being impacted by the corporations behind the climate crisis."

"In 2021, the United States experienced 20 billion-dollar-plus disasters, the second-highest of all time. Every second the Senate delays action on bold climate investments, the cost of inaction only increases."

"Fossil fuels did this," said one climate justice campaigner. "Unless we ditch fossil fuels immediately in favor of a just, renewable-energy based system, heatwaves like this one will continue to become more intense and more frequent."

"We don't have enough water supplies right now to meet normal demand," warns one state official. "The water is not there."

"This ruling is a major victory for these California communities seeking their day in court against corporate polluters that spent decades lying about their products' role in fueling the climate crisis," said one advocate.

Amid congressional inaction, solid majorities of U.S. adults favor policies to slash greenhouse gas pollution, a new Gallup survey found.

In the face of the "escalating climate emergency," the advocacy group Scientist Rebellion warns that the IPCC summary to global policymakers remains "alarmingly reserved, docile, and conservative."