climate change is not equally felt across the globe, and neither are its longer - term consequences. climate…

climate change is not equally felt across the globe, and neither are its longer - term consequences. climate change is a threat multiplier: it contributes to economic and political instability and also worsens the effects. it propels sudden - onset disasters like floods and storms and slow - onset disasters like drought and desertification; those disasters contribute to failed crops, famine and overcrowded urban centers; those crises inflame political unrest and worsen the impacts of war, which leads to even more displacement. there is no internationally recognized legal definition for “environmental migrants” or “climate refugees,” so there is no formal reckoning of how many have left their homes because climate change has made their lives or livelihoods untenable unsustainable. in a 2010 gallup world poll, though, about 12 percent of respondents — representing a total of 500 million adults — said severe environmental problems would require them to move within the next five years.... source: jessica benko, “how a warming planet drives human migration,” new york times magazine, april 19, 2017 (adapted) based on this passage, which statement best describes the author’s point of view? 1 climate change leads to numerous problems. 2 international organizations have sufficiently addressed changes to the climate. 3 there is no need to track people who have moved as a result of climate change. 4 the number of climate refugees is rapidly decreasing.

climate change is not equally felt across the globe, and neither are its longer - term consequences. climate change is a threat multiplier: it contributes to economic and political instability and also worsens the effects. it propels sudden - onset disasters like floods and storms and slow - onset disasters like drought and desertification; those disasters contribute to failed crops, famine and overcrowded urban centers; those crises inflame political unrest and worsen the impacts of war, which leads to even more displacement. there is no internationally recognized legal definition for “environmental migrants” or “climate refugees,” so there is no formal reckoning of how many have left their homes because climate change has made their lives or livelihoods untenable unsustainable. in a 2010 gallup world poll, though, about 12 percent of respondents — representing a total of 500 million adults — said severe environmental problems would require them to move within the next five years.... source: jessica benko, “how a warming planet drives human migration,” new york times magazine, april 19, 2017 (adapted) based on this passage, which statement best describes the author’s point of view? 1 climate change leads to numerous problems. 2 international organizations have sufficiently addressed changes to the climate. 3 there is no need to track people who have moved as a result of climate change. 4 the number of climate refugees is rapidly decreasing.

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The passage details how climate change causes disasters like floods, storms, drought, which in turn lead to failed crops, famine, overcrowded urban - centers, political unrest and displacement. It also mentions the lack of a formal definition for 'environmental migrants' or 'climate refugees' and that about 12 percent of respondents in a poll said they would need to move due to severe environmental problems. This shows climate change leads to numerous problems.

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  1. Climate change leads to numerous problems.