Final Paper Question:
People around the world are being impacted by increasingly extreme weather events including severe droughts, fires, and flooding. This summer’s catastrophic fires in Hawaii, Greece, and Canada are just the latest examples. Thousands of people are killed, injured, displaced, and homes, crops, and businesses are destroyed. Draw on concepts from class readings and lectures to discuss the impacts that these extreme weather events are having on local populations. Who is most likely to be impacted and why?
Some possible resources (not required):
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/11/hawaii-fires-made-more-dangerous-by-climate-crisis Links to an external site.
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/25/we-are-at-war-more-evacuations-as-greece-battles-wildfiresLinks to an external site.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/world/europe/italy-greece-wildfires-heat.htmlLinks to an external site.
- https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-record-wildfire-season-whats-behind-it-when-will-it-end-2023-08-17/Links to an external site.
- Why was there no water to fight the fire in Maui?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/hawaii-fires-maui-water-rights-disaster-capitalismLinks to an external site.