The International Federation of Red Cross estimates that, by 2050, an estimated 200 million people each year will need humanitarian aid because of climate-related disasters alone.Ĭlimate change will increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, but resilience programming aims to strengthen systems that help vulnerable people to withstand and mitigate the negative impacts of recurrent crises, and adapt to new and evolving climatic patterns. Without immediate ambitious action, the escalating climate crisis will continue to act as a ‘threat multiplier’, deepening global inequalities and disproportionately affecting the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. Driven by climate change, droughts are projected to increase by more than 30% between 20. This increasing frequency of drought is a global trend. It is expected that this year, 5.7 million children across Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan will be acutely malnourished.ĭespite successful resilience building efforts across the region over recent years, communities have been finding it harder to recover between the increasingly frequent and severe droughts – three in the past ten years alone. ![]() The drought will be catastrophic for affected families already living in extreme poverty. ![]() ![]() Around 20 million people are acutely food insecure in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The drought currently gripping East Africa is one of its most severe in recent history – a result of four consecutive failed or inadequate rainy seasons.
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