• Sentrovasi@kbin.social
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    On the plus side, maybe this will be a bit more economic incentive for the countries affected not to drag their heels on climate control.

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      Generally speaking the nations most affected by climate change are those least responsible for it. The global south.

      • float@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        There’s only 10% of the world’s population living in the southern hemisphere so that’s not a big surprise.

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      Other aspects of climate change have massive economic consequences too, but most are relatively long term and thus easy to ignore.