Somalia: Climate Change Is Turbo-Charging Somalia’s Problems - but There's Still Hope

Sep 17, 2024 | Justin Rowlatt, BBC
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Somalia may be one of the poorest countries in the world and beset by violence, but it is “fixable”, according to its top climate official. The country has been torn apart by more than 30 years of overlapping conflicts - including an Islamist insurgency, a civil war, and a series of regional and clan confrontations. Yet Abdihakim Ainte, the Somali prime minister’s climate advisor, still regards his country as “as story of potential - of promise”.