A Changing Climate Will Lead to More AC in Wealthier Countries, and More Deaths in Poor Ones, New Report Suggests

As new sources of climate finance grow, the poorest are neglected

Developing countries are mobilising more and more climate finance but neglecting their lowest-income peers.

A Changing Climate Will Lead to More AC in Wealthier Countries, and More Deaths in Poor Ones, New Report Suggests

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Only 8% of India Has AC, Climate Change Will Make That Gap Deadly

Rising heat will push India’s electricity use higher by 2050 — but the country’s poorest households will still lack the power to stay cool, according to a new report from the Climate Impact Lab (CIL). The report projects that climate-driven heat will cause roughly 430,000 additional deaths worldwide each year by 2050. Poor countries will bear ten times the death toll of wealthy ones. The reason: money buys air conditioning, and the poor can’t af…