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As climate crisis accelerates, who bears the brunt? | Conservation International
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As climate crisis accelerates, who bears the brunt? | Conservation International

Conservation International·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
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Torrential floods in Kenya  have killed nearly 200 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more since March. The deluge comes on the tail of a years-long drought that left millions hungry. This extreme weather whiplash is just one example of the grim toll climate change is taking in some countries. Around the world, more than 3 billion people have been affected by it over the past 20 years — but those impacts are very unevenly distributed, according to a new Conservation International study . The global study analyzed the number and location of people injured, made homeless or killed after a hurricane, typhoon or other climate disaster. It found that although some developed and developing countries faced a similar number of events, there were significant disparities in the impacts of those events.…

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