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PostNovember 12, 2019

Five reasons climate change is the worst environmental problem the world has ever faced

J-WAFS PI Christopher Knittel maps out five key climate change challenges in this Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times.

by Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS)

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