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Climate change is encouraging unsanitary toilet practices among vulnerable communities

  • Written by James Harper, Assistant Teaching Professor of Engineering Design, University of Colorado Boulder
Climate change is encouraging unsanitary toilet practices among vulnerable communitiesA latrine shelter with a floodwater mark about 4 feet above ground level, leading to toilet dysfunction, in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia.Author supplied/iDE Cambodia, CC BY

Everyone knows that climate change has consequences, such as a higher likelihood of severe floods, hurricanes and droughts. But here’s a lesser-known problem: Climate...

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