A woman wades through floodwaters in Busia, Kenya, May 3, 2020. Across East Africa, flooding has resulted from months of excessive rainfall, which has also triggered landslides and mudslides. It has left thousands homeless and destroyed farmland. (CNS photo/Thomas Mukoya, Reuters)
One of the first actions taken by President Joe Biden after his inauguration in January was to issue an executive order to rejoin the Paris climate agreement. That neatly reversed the position of his predecessor, Donald Trump, who had pulled the United States out of the accord in 2017.
The turnabout was cheered by environmental activists in Africa, a continent that contributes a comparatively tiny amount to the problem of global warming but stands to suffer mightily because of climate change related to it. The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, established in 2008, is the largest civil society consortium promoting inclusive strategies to address climate and environmental challenges in Africa.