Special report | Climate and the environment
Japan has a chequered record on climate change
Prepared for disaster, unprepared for climate change
|OMACHI
KARASHIMA YUKARI sits before a colour-coded map. She points out homes that were inundated by floods in Saga prefecture in August, for the second time in two years. Ms Karashima, who works at the Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Centre, a non-profit, spends much time rushing to scenes of crisis, staying long after the television cameras have gone, scrubbing mould from wet walls and training residents to prepare for the next disaster.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “A chequered record”
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