New Data Set Poised to Revolutionize Climate Adaptation

Climate Central: People in developed countries rarely think of weather in life-or-death terms. But millions in the developing world have no choice but to do so.

The global rich have stable governments, savings accounts, insurance and more to fall back on when disaster strikes. People in poorer countries don’t, so they’re often faced with tough decisions in times of drought: Sell the only ox for food and plow by hand next year? Take the kids out of school and put them to work chopping firewood for extra cash? Abandon the farm and family to look for work in the city?

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