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Why Climate Change Is the Greatest Threat to Human Progress

The Human Development Index is flashing red for the first time in three decades and adding to the urgency of reducing greenhouse gases.

Ocean Beach after a rain storm in San Francisco, California on Jan. 5, 2023. 

Photographer: Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg
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My grandfather in India only graduated from high school before beginning his career on a factory floor. My father studied engineering and then launched a small business. I was able to earn a doctorate in chemistry and now live in London working for a multinational.