I suspect in the next 5 years we will see these extreme events normalized, but as a result the governments around the world will begin acting & passing quite ex

I suspect in the next 5 years we will see these extreme events normalized, but as a result the governments around the world will begin acting & passing quite extreme laws to try to mitigate the problems we face. Climate change, ecological collapse etc in the last couple of years has only really just began to strike home and it will make COVID look a walk in the park. Massive amounts of spending will be aligned to green technologies, carbon capture, re-plantations etc and a divestment in things that make no sense will take hold. Engineers will stop wasting their time developing pointless products and dedicate energy into real-world applications that can help humanity keep the world as we know it. It will be every sentient beings responsibility to fight for the environment, or we will lose it, and, if we get caught up fighting ourselves, we very may lose it all.