BBC on Nostr: Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia’s problems - but there's still hope ...
Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia’s problems - but there's still hope
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Somalia faces catastrophic challenges including drought, flooding, conflict, and climate change; Abdihakim Ainte, the Somali prime minister’s climate advisor, believes the country is 'fixable'; Somalia has experienced over 30 years of conflict; climate change is described as a 'chaos multiplier'; Somalia has emitted as much CO2 since the 1950s as the US does in three days; 2022 saw the worst drought in 40 years, made 100 times more likely by climate change; floods last year displaced 1 million people and killed hundreds; over 1.5 million children under five are acutely malnourished; UN estimates Somalia needs $1.6 billion for humanitarian aid but only $600 million pledged; many displaced people turn to fighting for income; local initiatives in renewable energy are emerging; optimism exists among some Somalis despite dire conditions.
#Somalia #ClimateChange #Drought #Flooding #Conflict #HumanitarianAid #RenewableEnergy #Malnutrition #Optimism #Resilience
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62rr5qe602o
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Somalia faces catastrophic challenges including drought, flooding, conflict, and climate change; Abdihakim Ainte, the Somali prime minister’s climate advisor, believes the country is 'fixable'; Somalia has experienced over 30 years of conflict; climate change is described as a 'chaos multiplier'; Somalia has emitted as much CO2 since the 1950s as the US does in three days; 2022 saw the worst drought in 40 years, made 100 times more likely by climate change; floods last year displaced 1 million people and killed hundreds; over 1.5 million children under five are acutely malnourished; UN estimates Somalia needs $1.6 billion for humanitarian aid but only $600 million pledged; many displaced people turn to fighting for income; local initiatives in renewable energy are emerging; optimism exists among some Somalis despite dire conditions.
#Somalia #ClimateChange #Drought #Flooding #Conflict #HumanitarianAid #RenewableEnergy #Malnutrition #Optimism #Resilience
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62rr5qe602o