![]() Today’s climate crisis means that no region is exempt from the weather extremes that shatter records around the world, but global resource and wealth inequality mean that not all geographic regions are affected the same way. And according to a UNICEF report, six-times more children were displaced by climate change-driven storms and flooding in the Caribbean between 2014–2018 than in the five years prior, from 2009–2013. Even Siberia, a Russian providence infamous for its frozen tundra, is fighting fires that threaten to become the largest on record. Additionally, the number of seasonal floods in West and Central Africa nearly doubled between 2015–2020, leaving the Central African Republic to deal with its worst flooding in two decades. Some climate analysts say the record temperatures would have been “virtually impossible” without the human impact of the climate crisis. ![]() ![]() During the near-paralyzing heat wave that hit the Pacific Northwest earlier this summer, about 175 new record-high temperatures were set. This story is published as part of Teen Vogue’ s 2021 Economic Security Project fellowship. ![]()
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