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Wealthy communities will be able to buy their way out of the unfolding climate crisis while the poorest will suffer most, a UN report has found.
Even under the unrealistic "best-case" scenario of 1.5C of warming by 2100, many millions of people will have to choose between starvation and migration, Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights warned.
He predicted a split between those able to mitigate the worst effects of the warming planet and those with no means to avoid it, calling it a "climate apartheid".
There are plenty of cheap houses here in the uplands of New York State. No need to be rich to escape the heat and rising seas.
How about preventing the heat and rising seas to begin with? Unless you’re just going to allow anyone around the world to come live in upstate NY... which ain’t the brightest idea.
How about preventing the heat and rising seas to begin with? Unless you’re just going to allow anyone around the world to come live in upstate NY... which ain’t the brightest idea.
How can we prevent the heat and rising seas? Germany went all out on wind and solar, but they were not able to greatly reduce their carbon emissions.
Wealthy communities will be able to buy their way out of the unfolding climate crisis while the poorest will suffer most, a UN report has found.
Even under the unrealistic "best-case" scenario of 1.5C of warming by 2100, many millions of people will have to choose between starvation and migration, Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights warned.
He predicted a split between those able to mitigate the worst effects of the warming planet and those with no means to avoid it, calling it a "climate apartheid".
2100???
I thought the planet was going to be destroyed in 12 years.
How about preventing the heat and rising seas to begin with? Unless you’re just going to allow anyone around the world to come live in upstate NY... which ain’t the brightest idea.
Why doesn't everyone turn their air conditioners on "high" and open their doors? That will cure everything.
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