'You'll rarely find a climate denier in east Africa'

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/17/youll-rarely-find-a-climate-denier-in-east-africa

‘You’ll rarely find a climate denier in east Africa’

Caroline Kimeu
Thu 17 Nov 2022 01.00 EST

Excerpt:

In west Africa too, a friend of mine scoffed at the idea of anyone denying climate change while living on the continent: “What would anyone in Nigeria gain from denying climate change?” he asked . The country has been hit by its worst floods in more than a decade, killing more than 600 people and displacing at least 1.4 million. But why hasn’t it received more international interest? The prevailing sense, he said, is that Africa is “no stranger to tragedy”, and somehow this latest incident was no different.

Every week, I see at least one story on how the drought in the north of Kenya is pushing millions of people towards starvation, and it is a devastating story to cover. The situation there mirrors what’s happening in much of the Horn of Africa, which is facing its worst drought in decades. Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo have all faced deadly flooding this year, displacing thousands. The situation is far worse in south Sudan, where last month, record rains flooded two-thirds of the country.

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(Sidenote: No Africa forum…?)

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1. Floods in some countries, droughts in others.

Massive continent-wide engineering feats needed. It can be done with a will, funds and imagination/vision to create systems to harness and channel the water with aqueducts and reservoirs.