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When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over the past centuries, humanity’s lot has improved dramatically – in the developed world, where it is rather obvious, but also in the developing world, where life expectancy has more than doubled in the past 100 years.

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The saddest fact of climate change – and the chief reason we should be concerned about finding a proper response – is that the countries it will hit hardest are already among the poorest and most long-suffering.

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And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it’s natural that human rights come first.

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April 23, 2024

And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it’s natural that human rights come first.

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April 23, 2024

The saddest fact of climate change – and the chief reason we should be concerned about finding a proper response – is that the countries it will hit hardest are already among the poorest and most long-suffering.

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