How far does Emmerich’s film imagine the disasters that are to come upon us?

In response to the film The day after tomorrow How far does Emmerich’s film imagine the disasters that are to come upon us? Is climate change really responsible for this? You notice any difference between any other disaster (accident) films you have seen and this one in terms of how this relates the disaster to climate change? How far does this film make us cautious/aware of climate change?