The latest major United Nations report on climate change is out, and the results are just as grim as all the previous ones, with climate change-related extreme weather events causing ever more people to flee their homes, as well as destroying critical infrastructure. The report, while playing into some of the misunderstandings over climate-related migration, also highlights the need for a large amount of funds to go towards helping vulnerable communities protect themselves.
“Our planet is issuing more distress signals” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in a press statement accompanying the latest report on climate change from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report is, as so many before it have been, full of dire warnings. Record heat levels, long-term sea level rise and acidification, and increasing adverse weather events were all seen in 2024, according to the report.
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