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Climate change is a justice issue – these 6 charts show why

  • Written by Sonja Klinsky, Associate Professor and Senior Global Futures Scientist, Arizona State University
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Climate change has hit home around the world in 2021 with record heat waves, droughts, wildfires and extremestorms. Often, the people suffering most from the effects of climate change are those who have done the least to cause it.

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