> Right now we're going to be facing even more severly droughts due to climate change that will very likely impact far more people far more severely.

There isn't evidence that global warming is causing more droughts in California. Just because the globe overall is warmer and experiences more droughts, doesn't mean every part of it is warmer and experiences more droughts.

Global warming could actually be causing the opposite, and there would be even more severe droughts if less CO2 had been emitted by humans.