Climate Change Decimates Mexican Coastal Town El Bosque

Remaining Residents Face Uncertain Future as Sea Levels Rise and Winter Storms Intensify

El Bosque, a coastal town in Mexico, has been almost completely destroyed by climate change-induced flooding and brutal winter storms, leaving only a dozen residents from over 700 just two years ago.
Rapidly rising sea levels and winter storms, intensified by a warming climate, have displaced the residents who are now living in rentals they can barely afford.
The U.N. climate summit, COP28, recently agreed on a multimillion-dollar loss-and-damage fund to help developing countries cope with global warming, but it comes too late for the people of El Bosque.
State oil company Pemex's exploration spree in the Gulf, which tripled crude oil production and made Mexico a major exporter, is seen as a contributing factor to the environmental peril.
Up to 8 million Mexicans will be displaced by climate change-driven flooding, drought, storms and landslides within the next three decades, according to the Mayors Migration Council.