MMW 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Habitat Destruction, Economic Inequality, Arab Spring
5 Jun 2019
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The plurality of co2 emissions are produced by china. Habitat loss for animals leading to extinction. Different countries have different capacities to deal with rising sea levels and other effects of climate change. Economic inequality is one of the largest factors. Temperature change is also uneven leading to uneven consequences in different areas. Failure of the monsoon in east africa caused a famine. Mass die off of livestock and crop failure. Failed over multiple seasons and the problem spread to the cities. Along with all the people that fled to the cities from the country. Electricity in kenya esp is made hydro electrically, which caused massive blackouts. Governments weren"t able to handle the crisis well. Very severe drought where the reservoir looked like it was going to run completely dry. So bad the government was talking about day zero when the taps would run completely dry. Cape townians managed to halve their water consumption during the crisis.
