How climate change could drive an increase in gender-based violence

Photo caption: Because of climate change, the frequency of severe storms and the wind speeds of tropical cyclones are set to increase. Photo credit: Joe Raedle / Getty. Article by Meghie Rodrigues. Nature – July 13, 2022. Correction July 14, 2022.

As extreme weather events occur more frequently — something that climate scientists say is inevitable — so, too, will violence towards women and people from gender minorities. That’s the conclusion of a review examining events in the aftermath of floods, droughts, cyclones and heatwaves, among other weather disasters, over the past two decades […]

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