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Un nuevo y alarmante estudio concluye que los ciclos de retroalimentación climática —incluidos el derretimiento del permafrost, el aumento de la temperatura de los humedales y lagos, así como los grandes incendios forestales— podrían amplificar los efectos del calentamiento global hasta en un 30% para fines de siglo, lo que agregaría 0,4 grados Celsius adicionales de calentamiento a un planeta que ya está experimentando un aumento de temperatura.
Nepal solicita 20 millones de dólares en compensación por las pérdidas y los daños derivados del cambio climático
Nepal’s government is demanding $20 million in compensation from a United Nations fund set up to cover loss and damage from the climate crisis, as rescue and recovery teams continue to search for more than 5,000 people who remain missing more than two weeks after a glacier’s collapse triggered a devastating flood and landslide. At least 1,267 people are confirmed dead. On Wednesday, a U.N. coordinator said Nepal was bearing the brunt of a climate crisis it had little role in creating.
Lila Pieters Yahia: “The devastation Nepal has experienced is an extraordinary, stark illustration of the losses and damages that climate-vulnerable countries are increasingly facing. Nepal has contributed very little to global greenhouse gas emission, yet it is experiencing profound human and economical consequences from a changing climate.”
