As cost of climate change rises, UN urges compensation

Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home after monsoon rains, in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Sept. 6. AP Photo/Fareed Khan,

An old hotel is submerged by rising water levels in Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. From drought to cyclones and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change in Africa will only get higher as the world warms, stirring concerns from activists and officials about how to pay for it. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

FILE - Climate activist Vanessa Nakate, second right, and other activists engage in a ‘Show US The Money’ protest at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 8, 2021. From drought to cyclones and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change in Africa will only get higher as the world warms, stirring concerns from activists and officials about how to pay for it. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it.

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