Just four paragraphs into her Guardian piece on African child brides, Gethin Chamberlain writes, “Everyone has their own idea of what climate change looks like.”
That doesn’t sound very scientific, but she goes on:
For some, it’s the walrus struggling to find space on melting ice floes on Blue Planet II. For others, it’s an apocalyptic vision of cities disappearing beneath the waves. But for more and more girls across Africa, the most palpable manifestation of climate change is the baby in their arms as they sit watching their friends walk to school.
We’ve already heard theories that climate change has been instrumental in the formation of ISIS and created waves of climate refugees, and now we’re hearing that climate change is responsible for young girls being married off in Africa.
Why climate change is creating a new generation of child brides https://t.co/MiyBxcG7kH
— The Guardian (@guardian) November 26, 2017
UNICEF USA picked up on the piece, and its tweet was retweeted by Chelsea Clinton, so expect to hear plenty more about child brides and climate change — what meteorologists would more accurately call, “weather.”
This is NOT ok: Around 1.5 million girls in #Malawi are at risk of #ChildMarriage due to #ClimateChange, the @guardian reports. https://t.co/huA7k185KK
— UNICEF USA (@UNICEFUSA) November 27, 2017
“As global warming exacerbates drought and floods…”
This is a real tweet. ? https://t.co/pi9aRALis8
— ❌ E Deploribus Awesome ❌ (@Citizen_USA1) November 27, 2017
Climate change? Really?
— BEAR (@streetbear57) November 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/nick_charlton/status/935263674188619776
https://twitter.com/Bobcat665/status/935274947542261761
AGENDA Anyone??!! Climate Change = Child Brides!! Get the f*!# out of ere with that bullshit. Your article is trying to tug at peoples emotions and use it for your agenda!! Unfollowed!!
— whosurdaddy ❓ (@RyanBayliss11) November 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/promethxus/status/934806197173084162
It’s caused by the weather. Jeez. Not sick old men from archaic cultures. No. That has nothing to do with it. It’s the weather.
— Fred Black (@fredblack007) November 26, 2017
But not because of the Quran saying so? Hmmm. Interesting.
— Voice of Reason (@Hart_CVX) November 27, 2017
Would be intersting to identify the religious identity of those encouraging child brides before blaming climate change? https://t.co/y6g6Fjl771
— Sy (@syboat) November 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/jfgroves/status/934806933541937152
Fake news blames Climate Change for child marriage when it's actually because of Islam. Quran 65:4 CLEARLY STATES a Muslim man can marry a girl who has yet to menstruate, but muh Climate Change https://t.co/qKjl1tynBK
— Cristina Laila (@cristinalaila1) November 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/fulgore1973/status/934862610167721985
Umm this is nothing new for this region and has very little, if anything to do with climate change. Selling their children has always been practiced there to support the family. Maybe birth control is the answer.
— Awakening Warrior (@mythicalangel9) November 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/SnozzleBanger/status/934812878644957184
https://twitter.com/SnozzleBanger/status/934893292059316227
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