Summary: Sometimes I come across a subject by a post by a convoluted pathway. This was one of those times. I had just ordered and received a short book on “Climate Change Impact – Wildfires.” When reading this I came across some amazing information, and the source of this information was referenced as “a 2022 Report by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP).” However, this wasn’t referenced very explicitly, so I needed to do some digging, which I did, and found the “report”. Below is some of the “amazing information.”
Throughout the world, people are feeling the impacts of the climate and environmental crises most strongly through water: the land is drying up, fertile grounds are turning to dust and drought is prevailing. In fact, since 1970, weather, climate and water hazards accounted for 50 percent of all disasters and 45 percent of all reported deaths. Tragically, 9 in 10 of these deaths occurred in developing countries, where drought led to the largest human losses during this period.
