Climate Change Set To Have an Oversized Impact on Afghanistan

One of the world’s poorest countries, Afghanistan is also among the leading nations affected by climate change. Decades of war and environmental degradation have made Afghanistan the fourth most vulnerable country in the world to the impacts of climate change.Rising temperatures have exacerbated the frequency and severity of natural disasters, including droughts, floods, and landslides, experts say.

Deadly natural disasters in recent years have, in turn, aggravated the devastating humanitarian and economic crises in Afghanistan, where millions…