Last July, a third of Bangladesh was underwater in the worst flooding in years. Severe floods also swept parts of India, China and Japan, while a record hurricane season battered the United States.
The march of climate change is relentless, and the pandemic has had virtually no effect on global warming: Last year tied with 2016 as the hottest on record.
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