It has become a tired adage, but nonetheless true. The world’s poorest countries will suffer the most from climate change despite being least responsible for it.
➝ Via The New York Times.
Update: 29 Oct 2025 @ 18:33:44
Bill Gates agrees. In 2021 he, too, wrote:
via weatherIt’s deeply unfair that the people who contribute the least to climate change will suffer the worst from its effects.
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Rich and middle-income countries are causing the vast majority of climate change, and we need to be the ones to step up and invest more in adaptation. The world’s poorest deserve our help, and they need more of it than they’re getting.