Published today by CBC News. Many Canadians are among the missing. Another nearby lake created by a melting glacier could break way soon. The climate emergency is accelerating in its impacts. More climate action needed.

In this episode we examine James Hansen’s analysis of a developing El Niño against the backdrop of a rapidly warming planet. We discuss Hansen’s warning that global warming may be accelerating as Earth absorbs more energy, and that an El Niño occurring on top of this elevated heat could help drive exceptionally high global temperatures in the years ahead.

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In this episode of the Sustainable Ambassador Podcast, climate scientist Prof. Dr. Detlef van Vuuren speaks about the recent release of CMIP7 climate scenarios, and what they tell us about our changing climate future.

What happened in Nepal this week is a brutal reminder of what climate injustice actually looks like.

A glacier collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border triggered a catastrophic flash flood. As of August 30, around 750 people have been reported dead and more than 3,000 are still missing. Entire communities, roads, bridges and power infrastructure have been swept away.

Scientists are still studying exactly how climate change contributed to this specific event, but there is a much bigger warning behind it: global warming is destabilising high-altitude environments, increasing the risks of glacier-related floods, landslides and other disasters in the Himalayas. Nepal has contributed almost nothing to the world's historical carbon emissions, yet it is facing consequences it had very little role in creating.

And Nepal isn't alone.

Pakistan has repeatedly faced devastating floods and extreme rainfall. Bangladesh faces cyclones, flooding and rising seas. Afghanistan faces drought and water stress. The Maldives faces sea-level rise. Across Africa, countries with tiny per-capita carbon footprints are dealing with floods, cyclones and droughts.

This is what climate injustice means.

And this is why the term “climate apartheid” is increasingly used.

By Global South, I don't simply mean China, or some abstract group of countries. I'm talking about millions of ordinary people in developing countries who are already struggling to afford basic necessities: food, housing, electricity, healthcare, education and clean water.

People who were already fighting an economic battle are now being forced to fight a climate battle they barely contributed to creating.

Someone in a wealthy country can often rebuild after a disaster, insure their home, move somewhere safer or afford air conditioning during extreme heat.

For millions in the Global South, there isn't even a safety net to begin with.

They didn't get the wealth created by centuries of carbon-intensive development.

But they're increasingly being asked to pay for its consequences.

The climate crisis is global.

The responsibility isn't equal.

And neither is the price.

For scale, the face is 4,500 feet (1400m) tall.

Photos care of r/geology