Spanish to English Social Sciences Tourism & Travel

Hello again,

I would like to thank all of you for all the support you have provided to me so far. I am hoping that you could advise me on the following phrase: "se nos esta echando encima". I am not sure how it could be translated within the following sentence?

"Sin embargo en nuestro pais, por diversos motivos, apenas hemos empezado a plantearnos las correspondientes relaciones entre turismo, energia y clima, lo que esta provocando un serio deficit de posicionamiento institucional y empresarial con relacion a tres cuestiones clave: el conocimiento sobre el alcance de la interdependencia entre esas tres variables; las acciones de mitigacion de la emision de gases de efecto invernadero; y los planteamientos de adaptacion al cambio energetico/climatico que se nos esta echando encima."

I am rather confused about the phrase and what it exactly means. I understand that it refers to the climate change (the author uses energetico/climatico which I believe is because he wants to highlight the relationship between climate change and energy use). However, I really do not know for sure what the author is trying to say with the phrase.

I would very much welcome your suggestions

Muchas gracias a todos,