In the Horn of Africa, climate change-induced drought has exposed the global food system lack and pushed humanitarian aid to the brink of collapse.
(The following data comes from the Internet)
According to the United Nations, nearly 26 million people are facing extreme hunger, and some areas have reached catastrophic famine levels. As the food crisis threatens record populations around the world, the situation is unfolding here, with nearly 345 million people in severe hunger and nearly 50 million on the brink of famine.
"We are heading towards a very serious food disaster," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently tweeted. This year's drought and severe weather have caused crops to cut or reduce yields around the world - parts of the United States, Europe, China, Australia and India.
As the Earth's atmosphere warms, hunger may occur more frequently and severely. As the global population increases to 10 billion, food production for farmers around the world is expected to decrease in the next few decades due to more climate-induced chronic diseases such as weather shocks or droughts.
Food production cuts, the intensification of war has led to rising food prices, and African organizations have paid 30% or more for food. This means that more people cannot be organized and more people can be rescued. “These countries in the Horn of Africa seem to be isolated, but from a food perspective, they are part of the global food system,” said Li Lifeng, Director of the FAO Water and Tushita Department. "The challenge they face is the challenge that we all face. This may happen to us."
The disaster brought by global warming . The Horn of Africa has been in short supply for three years, and there has not been a good rain there for three years. "The river disappeared due to the sparse rain, and it was difficult to fill the container," said Abel Chalo, scooping water from a shallow pool the size of a plate. "We used to pump 200 liters. Now it's impossible to have fifty liters a day."
Here the red clay has become endless sand dunes, and the thorny needle shrubs and flat-topped acacia seem to have stopped growing upwards. They have been safe and sound for thousands of years, and now they can only leave their fate. is on the edge of Garissa, Kenya, lack of water. Many people dig sand on dry riverbeds to find the remaining dirty water.
Animals also had no water to drink and died on the road. Animals and humans depend on each other, work and get water. They die, and people are likely to eventually die.
Of the 26 million people facing severe hunger or famine in the Horn of Africa, 4 million live in the north of Kenya—unlike neighboring countries Somali and Ethiopia , Kenya is a middle-income country that has not been broken down by war or turmoil. It is because of the drought and heat caused by climate change that put millions on the brink of famine. This is a place where long-term drought and famine occur frequently. But now, the heating flow from the Indian Ocean greenhouse gas heating waters thousands of miles away has exacerbated dry and hot conditions, and droughts occur more severely and frequently, leaving people and animals with enough time to work. Plants do not have enough conditions to grow.
They become increasingly poor, have no money to cure diseases, and even the most basic food is brought by humanitarian .
