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The Nepal floods seem a world away – but make no mistake, climate breakdown will affect us all

Richer countries might have more resources to deal with catastrophe, but this problem grips the entire planet, however much leaders may want to deny it Climate breakdown is happening on one Earth, but two different worlds. In one, its impacts increasingly encroach on everyday life; longer periods of discomfort and shorter periods of sharp pain. Endless, hotter summers, and within them sudden wildfires, evacuations, homes burned to cinders in a matter of hours. In another, catastrophe. This…

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The Nepal floods seem a world away – but make no mistake, climate breakdown will affect us all
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