Thursday, November 2, 2023

As climate threats grow, poor countries still aren't getting enough money to prepare

A man walks over his collapsed mud house after heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan in 2022. Climate change makes heavy rain more common, because a hotter atmosphere can hold more moisture.

To adapt to the threats developing countries are facing from climate change, the United Nations says they'll need at least 10 times more money than the public funding they received in 2021.

(Image credit: FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

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