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In Latin America, Heat Warnings Can Prevent Deaths

By Emilio Godoy
On Mar. 9, more than half of Mexico reported maximum temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius, although spring has not even arrived yet in this Latin American country located in the northern hemisphere.

Climate Change May Increase World’s Poor by 100 Million, Warns World Bank

By Thalif Deen
The UN’s heavily-hyped Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were approved by more than 160 world leaders at a summit meeting in September, are an integral part of the world body’s post-2015 development agenda, including the eradication of hunger and poverty by 2030.

Heat Wave Picking Off Pakistan’s Urban Poor

By Zofeen Ebrahim
Over 950 people have perished in just five days. The morgues, already filled to capacity, are piling up with bodies, and in over-crowded hospitals the threat of further deaths hangs in the air.

Hotter Caribbean Poses Challenges for Livestock Farmers

By Jewel Fraser
Livestock farmers in the Caribbean are finding it increasingly difficult and expensive to rear healthy animals because of climate change, a situation that poses a significant threat to a region that is already too dependent on imports to feed its population.

The Coming Plague

By Stephen Leahy
A climate plague affecting every living thing will likely start in 2020 in southern Indonesia, scientists warned Wednesday in the journal Nature. A few years later the plague will have spread throughout the world's tropical regions.


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