Low-development regions suffer far higher losses in climate disasters, study warns

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Jun 18, 2026, 4:40 pm123 ptsTrending
People living in regions with lower scores on the Human Development Index face a substantially higher risk from climate-related disasters, even when these are not unusually severe. This is the key finding of a new study led by researchers at Leipzig University. The study analyzed more than 7,000 climate-related…

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