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Climate change may already affect 85% of humanity.

#COP26 is considered the last chance to avert a global environmental catastrophe.

Here are 6 locations hit hardest by climate change 👇

The UN says the world's first 'climate change famine' is in Madagascar.

The UN has blamed South Sudan’s worst floods in 60 years that are imperilling the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people, on climate change.

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India is among the top 10 countries most affected by climate change, according to the Global Climate Risk Index.

Droughts, floods and heatwaves are fuelling climate migration as India's poorest are forced to abandon their homes.

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Bangladesh is seventh among nations most affected by extreme weather in the past 20 years, says the Global Climate Risk Index.

Rising sea levels put millions at risk as waterlogged land and high salinity in streams and soil are killing crops aje.io/8ftstg | #COP26

Global warming wiped out 14% of the world’s coral reefs between 2009 and 2018. A report warns that more underwater ecosystems are likely to die if oceans warm further.

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The melting Arctic could push the planet into a vicious cycle of uncontrolled heating as vast stores of carbon in thawing ground release powerful greenhouse gases, warn scientists.

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This year, #COP26 aims to keep alive a target of capping global warming at 1.5C, amid warnings of disastrous climate catastrophe.

Here are the numbers you need to know 👇