Slow climate disaster recovery dims hope in Kenya and Mozambique

Africa Climate Conversations.

Intense floods, cyclones, and drought, have devastated many sub-Saharan African countries, this year.

As temperature rise, so does the losses in livelihoods and damages to key infrastructure hampering development and country planning.

In Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, rains have failed consecutively. By March 2022, more than 13 million people were severely food insecure.

Tropical storms and cyclones this year alone that has damaged homes, roads, water, and power infrastructure, schools, and hospitals in Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi. Madagascar alone has experienced four major storms since late January.

Last year in Glasgow, UK, the issue of loss and damage became highly charged politically. Among the issues, developing countries needed a new financial facility to address loss and damage. They lost the battle as the United States strongly opposed it. The push continues at COP27 later this year in Egypt