Climate Change Effects: How Westerners Kill Africans (map)

WashPost's Ezra Klein spotted one of the most interesting maps we've seen in a while: The first shows the world in terms of carbon emissions. America, for instance, is huge. So is China. And Europe. Africa is hardly visible. The second map shows the world in terms of increased mortality -- that is to say, deaths -- from climate change. It shouldn't really surprise us that the United States seems bloated in the "cause" map and nearly non-existent in the "effects" map, should it? Take a look at the EPA's page on climate change effects.

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