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Most Affected People and Areas, also known by its acronym MAPA, [1] is a term [2] that represents groups and territories disproportionately affected by climate change, such as women, indigenous communities, racial minorities, LGBTQIA+ people, young, older and poorer people and the Global South. [3]
Ming dynasty-era Zhenhai Bridge destroyed by torrential floodwaters during the 2020 China floods, which were significantly exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change.. This is a list of significant natural or man-made landmarks that have been destroyed or damaged as a direct result or byproduct of anthropogenic climate change, such as by increased sea levels, exceptional rainfall or 100-year ...
Women in climate change have taken on many roles to help the fight against climate change in the field today. For example, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an Indigenous activist that is working in Chad. She is working to spread the word of the people actively fighting climate change today in Chad and educate people about their conditions.
Climate change poses a threat to US national parks like Yellowstone. Warmer temperatures and extreme weather impact both ecosystems and visitors. Advocates hope witnessing changes to the parks ...
Helen McGregor, geologist and climate change researcher, Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University; Amanda McKenzie, commentator on climate change; Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, marine ecologist and ecosystem modeller; Sam Mostyn (born c.1964), businesswoman active in climate change
This amounted to a breach of the women’s rights to effective protection from the “the serious adverse effects of climate change on lives, health, well-being and quality of life,” the court ...
In Latin America, Indigenous women are disproportionately affected by climate change, as 58 million women live in rural areas of the continent and 30% of those women own agricultural land. However, a main problem with their adaptation stems from the limited resources they have to deal with droughts, floods, heat waves, sea level rise, and other ...
Stefanie Brander, one of the more than 2,000 women over 64 who won a court case against Switzerland over climate inaction, was on the frontlines of a protracted legal battle in which she said ...