Climate change is exacerbating global inequalities and making people sick.

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By Justine CalmaOct 31, 2017, 3:33 pm68 pts
A new Lancet report finds that poor countries are already feeling disproportionate health effects from a warming planet. Among those already suffering from climate change are people who do manual labor or work outdoors. In the last 16 years, the number of vulnerable people exposed to heatwave events increased…

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