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The East African
Friday April 16 2021
By NICHOLAS KAY
Climate change is the most important challenge facing future generations, but it is already a daily reality in East Africa despite the region bearing almost none of the historic responsibility for global emissions.
Over the past year alone, East Africa has seen drought in Somalia, landslides in Uganda, locust swarms destroying crops in Kenya and Ethiopia and floods across the region, including in Rwanda.
This is a critical year for collective action to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In November, the UK will host the UN climate change conference COP26, in Glasgow with our partners, Italy. This will provide an opportunity for the world to come together and commit to urgent action.