Climate apocalypse

This article is about the term or expression, "Climate apocalypse", or similar terms. For substantive discussion of how climate change could lead to civilizational collapse, see Climate change and civilizational collapse. For use of this, or similar terms, in the media, see Media coverage of climate change.

Marchers holding a banner with the words "Youth vs Apocalypse". San Francisco Youth Climate Strike – March 15, 2019.

A climate apocalypse is a term used to denote a predicted scenario involving the global collapse of human civilization due to climate change. Such collapse could theoretically arrive through a set of interrelated concurrent factors such as famine, extreme weather, war and conflict, and disease. There are many similar terms in use such as climate dystopia, collapse, endgame, and catastrophe.