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It's very, very clear now that the fallout of a changing climate is hitting people on the front lines, marginalised people the hardest, according Megan Rowling, a journalist with Thomson Reuters Foundation."And despite efforts to adapt, which are clearly not enough, climate emergencies are going to increase in number. And their impact will grow in severity."
"The last famine in 2011, killed 260,000 people. And it is absolutely imperative that something is done to prevent a similar situation from occurring again 11 years later, says Rowling. She went on to highlight that the"bad news on top of that, is that Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia drought response plans are only 50% funded, despite the needs, and that is limiting aid agencies' capacities to respond and clearly more funds are needed immediately to save lives.
Most of the region's population depends on subsistence farming and herding to survive, minor setbacks can push villages headlong into hunger and malnutrition."As the science is clear, as the climate crisis escalates, people in the Horn of Africa will face more frequent and extreme weather events, with little time to recover from the crisis.
AbdulHakim Elwaer, the Food and Agriculture Organization's Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa, underlined the need for the humanitarian community to change its approach."With more failed rains looming, the situation in the Horn must be treated as a"livelihoods crisis," he said.
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