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Africa's climate reparations require data that doesn't exist
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Africa's climate reparations require data that doesn't exist

Zero: The Climate Race · Bloomberg

November 1, 202231m 15s

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Show Notes

Weather data is invaluable. It influences the decisions of governments and companies around the world. It’s used to predict energy consumption, harvests, and even when countries might go to war. So what does it mean when vast portions of the world have insufficient weather data in an era of worsening climate change? This week on Zero, Bloomberg Green reporter Laura Millan tells the story of weather stations 61223 in Timbuktu, and what its sudden closure means for climate science across the African continent, and the upcoming negotiations at COP27.

Read Laura’s full story on weather station 61223 and Africa’s lack of climate data here.

Read a transcript of this episode, here.

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