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The world suffered more record-breaking floods, droughts, typhoons, and heatwaves that caused widespread human and economic destruction. Scientists said climate change was largely to blame.

Villagers are creating forests in the cold desert to help curb climate change, but experts say it hurts delicate ecosystems.

As heatwaves grip parts of Europe, the United States and South Asia, there is a growing push for policies to protect those at risk.

Despite clear evidence that extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods are becoming more frequent, India and Bangladesh are neglecting adaptation, at heavy cost to their poor.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Bopha Phorn, Andrew Haffner

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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