Inverse

Tajikistan: The Climate Crisis at the Roof of the World

The temperature is rising faster in Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains (elevation 25,095 feet) than the global average. These are the stories of the people living through our coming climate crisis, today. This series was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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Fredrik Lerneryd/Inverse
In Tajikistan, a deadly new type of climate crisis has already arrived

Part one in a three-part series: The climate crisis at the Roof of the World.

Written by Klas Lundstrom
Photographs by Fredrik Lerneryd
Fredrik Lerneryd/Inverse
Living through Tajikistan’s climate apocalypse
Written by Klas Lundstrom
Photographs by Fredrik Lerneryd

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degrees below zero

Fredrik Lerneryd/Inverse
“We’re waiting for another way of life.”

At the “Roof of the World,” solar power is a necessary evil.

Written by Klas Lundstrom
Photographs by Fredrik Lerneryd
Fredrik Lerneryd/Inverse
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