Why is Africa bearing the brunt of the climate crisis? #shorts

This year will be remembered as a watershed year for the escalating climate crisis. Dozens of countries have been hit by extreme weather so far in 2022.

Millions have been driven from their homes by flood, fire or drought, while food and energy shortages are becoming acute in many regions.

But what has taken us so long for meaningful action to save our planet?

"People are saying the climate crisis is real, only because it has knocked on the door of the global north," says Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate.

The 54 countries in Africa combined account for 15% of the world’s population but contribute less than 4% of global greenhouse emissions – in contrast to 23% by China, 19% by the US, and 13% from the European Union. Right now, more than 18 million people are facing severe hunger due to extreme droughts in the Horn of Africa.

The countries suffering the worst effects of climate change are not the ones who caused the climate crisis. Here 25-year-old Vanessa Nakate speaks about about this extreme climate injustice, and what needs to be done about it.

Cop27 takes place in November this year in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Countries from across Africa – and the wider global south – will be looking to secure billions of dollars of climate financing for adaptation and the green energy transition, as well as separate funds for loss and damage and reparations.

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[outlawbillionairez]

Africa in general doesn't openly support US imperialism or our endless war mongering, so we'll make you pay. Cuba, N. Korea, Iran, you're on the list, Africa.

[zetlandersoaghar]

If you truly believe thiz who are so many of you leaving your countrues to illegally enter Europe snd uk ?

[chaseist]

get a job and quit begging for dollars!! fix your own country