Climate change is pushing some governments to the breaking point

Protesters outside the Spanish Parliament, calling for Spain’s president to resign after floods killed hundreds of people in Valencia. The protester’s sign reads, “It wasn’t a climate catastrophe. It was a murder.” | Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images

2024 is on track to become the hottest year since humans have been keeping track, beating out 2023. 

The extraordinary back-to-back record-breakers amplified disasters like heat waves, hurricanes, and torrential downpours around the world...