Climate change and its consequences may lead to increase the number of murders in the world, but especially in Africa and AmericaThe UN warned this Friday in its report.

The Global Homicide Study recalls that the Earth’s average temperature has already risen by more than one degree since 1980 and is expected to continue to rise “as countries maintain high carbon dioxide emissions“.

Africa and the Americas will be the continents most threatened by the possibility that the effects of global warming will lead to increase in violenceUN experts estimate, although they admit that there is not yet enough data to establish a direct link between both disasters.

“The increase in homicide rates due to more days of dangerous heat is particularly noticeable in Africa and the Americas,” they say.

Be that as it may, they emphasize that “the consequences of rising temperatures, such as food insecuritythe displacement or degradation of ecosystems is severe and far-reaching.”

It will be the population that will suffer the most from these impacts.”island states and low income countries, many of which are already in hot regions and lack the resources to adapt and/or offset the negative impacts of climate change, they add.

Without this factor, and based on historical trends, one would expect the global homicide rate as a manifestation of lethal interpersonal violence (i.e., excluding deaths caused by war and terrorist attacks) to be will continue its downward trend until 2030.

“Although the annual number of reported homicides worldwide peaked in 2021, the long-term trend in homicide rates represents a gradual downward trend,” the report said.