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Geopolitics

The Dual Abyss: Drowning Coasts and Fractured Ceasefires in a World of Imperial Priorities

Accelerating global warming is pushing Earth's ice sheets towards irreversible tipping points, locking in devastating sea level rise that will disproportionately devastate the Global South, while Western-backed conflicts, like the fragile Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, distract from and exacerbate this existential climate crisis. The world's most vulnerable nations are being doubly damned—first by the emissions legacy of the Global North, and second by being forced to watch their future drown as imperial powers squabble over regional dominance.