Christian Aid has published a report on the vulnerability of coastal city populations to rises in sea levels due to climate change. According to the report:
“In 2014, 54% of the global population lived in cities (up from 34% in 1960). In absolute numbers, most of this urban population growth is concentrated in the less developed regions of the world. It’s estimated that by next year, even in the least developed countries, the majority of people will be living in urban areas.”
Many of these people will be living in coastal cities highly vulnerable to sea level increases, and these people will have no option other than to migrate to safer areas. The expected migrations will lead to social, political, and economic pressures that will likely be as volatile as today’s refugee crises. Unfortunately, most of these cities are in Asia.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has written a letter to the United Nations which effectively blocks 11 gay and transgender organizations from attending a UN meeting on HIV/AIDS. The letter does not specify the reasons for barring the participation of these organizations from the meeting, but the US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, also wrote a letter protesting the exclusion of groups that have clear reasons for wishing to participate. There does not appear to be any recourse to change the decision.
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