Frontline communities around the world are shouldering the deleterious injustices of climate change, especially in Africa despite it emitting only around 4% of total global carbon emissions. As someone familiar with the experience of displacement, I have witnessed how climate change strikes at the heart of our culture and identity. Now, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts a doubling of drought frequency in North Africa to come. Conflicts over territory and diminishing water-dependent resources, once unthinkable, now disrupt the social cohesion and hospitality for which nomadic communities are renowned. Rich historic-emitter countries must honour their obligations to provide climate finance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Source: The North Africa Journal June 06, 2024 14:49 UTC