Poor Countries Are Suffering the Worst Climate Woes
Aug 28, 2022 19:29:54 GMT
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Poor Countries Are Suffering the Worst Climate Woes But Getting the Least Help
As a simple scan of the news reveals, the world is getting hotter and it’s having a devastating impact on our lives.
In drought-parched England, where temperatures are breaking records, wildfires that have erupted up and down the country are growing in frequency, while the source of the Thames river has ran dry for reportedly the first time. In Italy, the worst drought in decades has triggered a state of emergency, while fires have broken out in the cities of Palermo and Sicily. In Southwest France, 10,000 people have fled a massive wildfire that has been smoldering since July. In Germany, record-low water levels in the Rhine threaten to run aground the smooth running of the country’s industry.
Closer to home, the story is just as familiar and equally as stark. In Kansas, a June heatwave killed so many cattle so quickly that thousands of their carcasses were disposed of in a landfill and buried in unlined graves. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that this year will be the seventh-consecutive above-average Atlantic hurricane season, a pattern driven, say experts, by climate change.
Those seeking to understand the real-world impacts of climate change in the Global South, however, will be met by more of an information desert.
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As a simple scan of the news reveals, the world is getting hotter and it’s having a devastating impact on our lives.
In drought-parched England, where temperatures are breaking records, wildfires that have erupted up and down the country are growing in frequency, while the source of the Thames river has ran dry for reportedly the first time. In Italy, the worst drought in decades has triggered a state of emergency, while fires have broken out in the cities of Palermo and Sicily. In Southwest France, 10,000 people have fled a massive wildfire that has been smoldering since July. In Germany, record-low water levels in the Rhine threaten to run aground the smooth running of the country’s industry.
Closer to home, the story is just as familiar and equally as stark. In Kansas, a June heatwave killed so many cattle so quickly that thousands of their carcasses were disposed of in a landfill and buried in unlined graves. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that this year will be the seventh-consecutive above-average Atlantic hurricane season, a pattern driven, say experts, by climate change.
Those seeking to understand the real-world impacts of climate change in the Global South, however, will be met by more of an information desert.
truthout.org/articles/poor-countries-are-suffering-the-worst-climate-woes-but-getting-the-least-help/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3faf51e8-7989-4718-9eb0-1f2876082d4a