Climate change forcing people out of ‘one of the most uninhabitable places on Earth’ | Climate News

Climate change forcing people out of ‘one of the most uninhabitable places on Earth’ | Climate News

In the dry hills of Xihaigu, it is as if the village of Banzigou never existed.  

The only building left is the old local government headquarters, its gates barred with a rusted padlock.

A basketball hoop still stands outside, its net gone and its frame twisted from when they tried to pull it down.

The Xihaigu region, in China is now a desolate place, with people forced to migrate due to climate change
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The region is now a desolate place, with people forced to migrate

Grass grows over the old court.

All the houses have been demolished and the trees planted in their place are…

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