Concrete actions urged to tackle climate crisis facing African countries

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Concrete actions urged to tackle climate crisis facing African countries

STORY: Concrete actions urged to tackle climate crisis facing African countries DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:10 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of severe drought in the Horn of Africa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Somali): KAHA AHMED, Local resident in Somalia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JUERG EGLIN, Head of Int'l Committee of the Red Cross in Somalia 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BARBARA CREECY, South African Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 5. various of COP27 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): GERALD LEPARIYO, Geo-politics and climate change analyst in Kenya 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): SELWIN HART, Special adviser to the secretary-general and assistant secretary-general of the UN climate action team STORYLINE: In the Horn of Africa, some 22 million people are suffering from food insecurity due to drought. According to data from the World Food Program, in 2022, at least 9.2 million livestock deaths occurred in the drought-affected areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

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