'Climate Apartheid' Looms, Warns UN Expert
- 5 years ago
'Climate Apartheid' Looms,
Warns UN Expert UN expert Philip Alston warns a "climate apartheid" could be on the horizon. He imagines a scenario where the rich can pay to escape from hunger "while the rest of the world is left to suffer." "Millions will be impoverished" even if current carbon-reduction quotas are met. Rising temperatures may cause a widespread food shortage. Developing nations are projected to suffer 75% of the adverse effects of climate change. "Those who have contributed the least to emissions...will be the most harmed," said Alston. Philip Alston to UN Human Rights Council
Warns UN Expert UN expert Philip Alston warns a "climate apartheid" could be on the horizon. He imagines a scenario where the rich can pay to escape from hunger "while the rest of the world is left to suffer." "Millions will be impoverished" even if current carbon-reduction quotas are met. Rising temperatures may cause a widespread food shortage. Developing nations are projected to suffer 75% of the adverse effects of climate change. "Those who have contributed the least to emissions...will be the most harmed," said Alston. Philip Alston to UN Human Rights Council