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dublinben on Jan 9, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Extreme questions to trigger new, better ideas

Many people are killed by "the environment" every year already. This problem will only continue to get worse unless we make radical changes today.

Over 20,000 died in western Europe’s summer heatwaves [0]

Bangladesh, India floods kill over 100; millions in need of aid [1]

Climate Change Causes 5 Million Extra Deaths Per Year [2]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/24/over-200...

[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/21/bangladesh-india-fl...

[2] https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20210708/climate-ch...

gernb on Jan 10, 2023 [–]

Poverty also causes millions of deaths a year.

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