Opinion: The head of UNICEF Ireland says thousands are facing famine in Somalia while powerful governments stall on climate action...
ABRA JOURNEYED FOR weeks, seeking safety from an unrelenting climate-induced drought. As our team meet her, she sits with her young son in front of their new home.
They had fled a patchworked countryside of scorched farms. Of animals perished and crops withering. Of nothing left.The journey was too hard and they died on the way.Yet, despite everything, Abra retains a steadfast resilience. The first wave of climate terrors might be stalking the people of Somalia, but Abra emits a kind of raw tenacity – a resolve not to give up.
Somalia is responsible for only 0.01 per cent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions but is ranked as the fourth worst-affected country in UNICEF’s global children’s climate risk index. Tragically, the global community is failing children in Somalia, and across the world. The fact that COP27 did not result in agreement on a more ambitious, accelerated energy transition to keep the 1.5-degree temperature limit within reach increases the risk that children everywhere will face even greater threats in the years ahead.
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