Why your bank should shun fossil fuel projects

There is no difference between banks that fund projects that increase carbon emissions and the Global North which has developed with the help of fossil fuels. [iStockphoto]

The "Nature Communications" journal has published a study co-authored by Prof Zafar Fatmi of Aga Khan University and Fudan University China, showing long-term effects of floods on infant mortality rates.

Relying on statistics from Demographic and Health Surveys, and Dartmouth Flood Observatory database from 1990 to 2020, the study covering 37 countries in Africa, established that infants exposed to floods were 1.7 times more likely to die from the exposure, even if not immediately.