inequality and inertia readings hints

• Extreme heat, pollution, flooding

• Climate migration hotspot (13M+ internally displaced by 2050)

• Dhaka overcrowding due to climate refugees

bangladesh

• Andean glacier melt (“reservoirs in the sky”)

• Huaraz case study — shrinking glaciers impacting water, agriculture

peru

• May lose entire landmass to sea-level rise

• Cultural survival + climate justice case

tuvalu (and other sids) 

• Massive land loss (2,000 sq miles)

• Isle de Jean Charles — first U.S. federally funded managed retreat

State losing roughly a football field per hour

louisiana 

• Flooding + drought increasing food insecurity

• Student missing school due to flooded roads

tanzania

• Extreme heat + rainfall → floods, disease

• Heat rashes, hospitalizations

• Inequality: advantages only for families with solar & water filters

nigeria 

• Heatwaves affecting schools and work

• Youth frustration with political inaction

greece 

• Urban flooding

• Diaspora connection to Tuvalu & cultural loss concerns

new zealand 

• Jasper wildfire case

• Inequality: wealthy countries fail climate finance commitments

• High historic emissions

canada 

mass climate displacement despite near-zero emissions

somalia

border militarization vs climate finance (5 places)

• Japan, UK, France, ___, __

Germany Australia

• Rapid glacier loss (up to 98% gone by 2050s)

• Major “reservoirs in the sky”

The Andes / Central Peruvian Andes

• Extreme vulnerability, high displacement

• Locations: Lagos, Khartoum, Sahel, Horn of Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa / West Africa

• Drought, land degradation

• Driver of rural displacement toward coasts

sahel

• Extreme land loss

• Managed retreat example

• Example of U.S. climate migration

coastal louisiana 

Flooding hazard following storms

Christchurch Region (New Zealand)

Extreme heat + massive migration pressures

Dhaka / South Asia Region

• Dramatic shrinking

• Climate stress + conflict + migration

• A classic exam example

lake chad 

• Disappeared due to warming & water diversion

• Tied to Andean water crisis

Lake Poopó (Bolivia)

• Environmental disaster from diversion

• Example of human-driven ecological collapse

aral sea 

The lake in West Africa that has dramatically shrunk is

lake chad

The lake in Bolivia that dried up is…

lake poopo

The lake in Central Asia that collapsed is

aral sea

Heat, pollution, climate migration, overcrowding, sea-level rise

bangladesh

Sea-level rise, land loss, managed retreat case study

louisiana 

Glacier melt → water scarcity, cultural loss

peru (andes)

Existential threat → climate justice, sea-level rise, migration dilemmas

tuvalu/sids

Virtually no emissions but massive displacement → extreme inequality

somalia

Hotspot for future climate displacement (up to 100M migrants)

sub-saharan africa

• heat, migration

bangladesh 

galcier melt

peru

sids drowning

tuvalu

managed retreat

louisiana

floods and drought

tanzania

heat stress and inequality

nigeria

wildfires, historic emissions

canada

• 0.00027% emissions, 1M displaced

somalia 

• reservoirs in the sky collapsing

andes 

drought and migration

sahel

• high vulnerability

sub-saharan africa 

extreme heat + agriculture stress

south asia

sea-level rise

louisiana

flooding

christchurch region