Climate Change is Projected to Cause Ten Times More People to Die in Poor Countries Than Rich Countries - Climate Impact Lab
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Record-breaking heat waves grab the headlines each summer because they cause tens of thousands of deaths. A new report from the Climate Impact Lab finds that climate change is projected to increase these premature deaths and that more than 90 percent of them are slated to occur in low- and middle-income countries. The report underscores Read more...
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Straight up coming down to “Do you have an industrialized plumbing system?” and “Do your buildings have A/C?”

    So much of the future of humanity will be dictated by the machinery that guarantees access to the basic conditions of life. One reason why I am not bullish on the future of the American state. We’re a country that loves social murder. We will gleefully box in our neighbors and let mother nature finish them off. Turn every minority neighborhood and rural community into the Superdome during Katrina.