Study: Extreme Weather Disrupted 94 Elections Worldwide

Climate-concerned narrative

Climate change is already wrecking elections worldwide — displacing voters, destroying polling places and making it physically dangerous to stand in line on a 110-degree day. Billion-dollar weather disasters now strike every two to three weeks in the U.S. alone, and election officials are nowhere near prepared. Democracy itself is on the line if governments continue to ignore climate risk in electoral planning.