Phoenix Will Be Almost Unlivable by 2050 Thanks to Climate Change. Phoenix's notoriously unrelenting heat will soon get even worse. Sorry to put such a fine point on this, but even without climate change, Phoenix, Arizona, is already pretty uninhabitable.

How long until Arizona is uninhabitable?

TEMPE, Ariz. (KSAZ) - Phoenix, the Valley of the Sun, is home to about 4.5 million people, and according to a recent article on Vice, the city could be almost unlivable by the year 2050.

Will Arizona be affected by climate change?

Arizona's climate is changing. ... In the coming decades, changing the climate is likely to decrease the flow of water in the Colorado River, threaten the health of livestock, increase the frequency and intensity of wildfires, and convert some rangelands to desert. Our climate is changing because the earth is warming.