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The UN warns that disasters could turn the planet into an \u0022uninhabitable hell for millions of people\u0022 unless action is taken to curb the climate crisis.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.undrr.org\/publication\/human-cost-disasters-overview-last-20-years-2000-2019\u0022\u003EUN report\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the short-term, disaster management agencies have succeeded in saving many lives through improved preparedness and the dedication of staff and volunteers. But the odds continue to be stacked against them in particular by industrial nations that are failing miserably on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to levels commensurate with the desired goal of keeping global warming at 1.5\u02daC as set out in the Paris Agreement.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the same time, almost all nations failed to prepare appropriately to prevent the wave of death and illness unleashed across the globe by the COVID-19 pandemic despite many urgings to do so from a plethora of experts including WHO, UNDRR and others.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is baffling that we willingly and knowingly continue to sow the seeds of our own destruction, despite the science and evidence that we are turning our only home into an uninhabitable hell for millions of people. It really is all about governance if we want to deliver this planet from the scourge of poverty, further loss of species and biodiversity, the explosion of urban risk and the worst consequences of global warming.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe climate crisis has\u00a0emerged as a major issue\u00a0in the 2020 US elections.\u00a0Candidates for elected office should support policies that protect the human rights of people marginalized or otherwise most affected by climate change and toxic pollution.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERead \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/11\/20\/voting-human-rights-guide-2020\u0022\u003Ethis list\u003C\/a\u003E of climate crisis-related questions to pose to candidates who are seeking your vote.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]