Political Dysfunction, Economic Turmoil Exacerbate Climate Crisis – The Energy Mix
Late 2019 saw the calamitous rise of both dengue fever in Honduras and hunger in Zimbabwe, events that demonstrated how government dysfunction, poverty, and political and economic turmoil leave both public officials and citizens unable to respond adequately to the accelerating impacts of the climate crisis.
“More than 400 people died this year as one of the worst dengue epidemics on record swept through Central America,” the New York Times reported in late December, with researchers and public health officials warning that such events will likely “become more frequent and more widespread” as the planet warms and mosquito-friendly habitat expands.