Climate change threatens human rights and democracy, UN official warns

Sherryn Groch
Updated July 20 2019 - 11:14am, first published July 17 2019 - 1:57pm

It reads like the pages of a dystopian novel - a world stuck in a "climate apartheid" where only the rich can escape the worst of global warming while hundreds of millions battle disease, food insecurity, forced migration and monster storms.

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Sherryn Groch

Sherryn Groch

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Sherryn is a journalist at The Canberra Times, with a special interest in education and social affairs.

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