A third of humanity face life in climate hotspots, scientists warn
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Thomson Reuters Foundation About 1.6 billion people now live in climate change “vulnerability hotspots”, a number that could double by 2050 if fossil fuels continue being used at the rate they are today, scientists warned at the COP27 UN climate talks in Egypt. That would put a third of the world’s population […]
Digital divide: How to unmute climate voices in poorer nations
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Rich and poor struggle to shoulder losses from devastating storms
Thomson Reuters Foundation The devastation caused by powerful storms is a growing threat to both poor and rich nations, propelling Caribbean islands to the top of a global index of countries most severely affected by weather disasters last year, researchers said on Tuesday. The US territory of Puerto Rico was ranked as the hardest-hit and […]