Climate Disasters and Aid Cuts
Climate Disasters Increase as Aid Cuts Leave Vulnerable Communities Facing Severe Risks
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A new study says emissions from major fossil-fuel and cement producers will continue to drive warming for centuries, even if emissions fell sharply, and argues that a stable climate ultimately requires ending fossil-fuel use. The long-term risks are underscored by deadly floods in Nepal, where more than 1,450 people were killed and thousands remain missing. Meanwhile, cuts to international adaptation and disaster-preparedness funding—including the closure of a regional satellite-data program serving Himalayan countries—have weakened tools and support intended to reduce such losses. Climate advocates say the funding shortfall leaves vulnerable communities facing greater danger and costly recovery needs.
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The study examined emissions from 178 major oil, gas, coal and cement producers, which together have emitted more than a trillion tonnes of carbon dioxide; its authors said Earth would remain about 1.5°C warmer than preindustrial levels even if emissions stopped.
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Researchers said improved climate-attribution methods can clarify how fossil-fuel emissions increase the likelihood of extreme weather, and that such evidence can help hold polluters accountable for climate-related damages.
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The shuttered SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya program covered Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan, and had provided more than 170 public datasets on glaciers, disasters and vulnerability, as well as flood-risk services and risk-communication work with the Nepal Red Cross Society.
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Climate advocate Harjeet Singh said the world needs trillions of dollars annually for climate action, but developed countries have not fulfilled their obligation.
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