This years devastating climate disasters, while breaking records, are only a glimpse at the worsening heat, fires, storms and floods expected in years to come.

Over the past year, weve seen the hottest July ever recorded on the planet (again ), the largest ever single wildfire in California history (again ), and deadly hurricanes and flooding along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coasts (again ).

This years United Nations climate report repeated what similar reports have been saying for years , with even greater certainty: Humans are the unequivocal cause of climate change, and the window to avoid catastrophic living conditions worldwide due to global warming is rapidly closing.

Were looking at a long-term, undeniable trend, said Astrid Caldas, a senior climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She noted that the last seven years have been the hottest on record, adding, Imagine what were in for if warming continues unabated.

Climate change is here now, and we need to act now to keep it in check.

Climate experts have repeated calls to governments and corporations to reduce fossil fuel emissions to stave off the worst of the climate crisiss effects.

The communities most vulnerable to climate change including those going through slower recoveries after disasters are disproportionately poor, Black and Latinx .

Here are some of this years historic climate disasters which we can expect more of in the future.