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Keywords
Climate (campaign title)
Climate change
Climate change impacts
Day
Dry
Extreme weather
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Outdoors
People
Two people
Victims
Wood (materials)
Wood Gatherers from Tchad in Darfur
Oumar Saboun (28), on the left, is wood gatherer and works for a local organisation in Tchad. They entered illegally inside Darfur (a dozen of kilometers from the border) to chop off dry branches of the trees. Together with 5 other Tchadian colleagues he is collecting 6 days a week firewood illegally inside Darfur for Darfuri refugees in Tchad. Normally this task of collecting wood is done by women, but it is too dangerous for them to do it due to the presence of armed groups in Darfur and the risk of rape outside the camps. By bringing wood to the refugees they help to lower the tensions between the local community in Tchad and the Darfuri refugees because there is nearly no wood left around the camps due to the severe drought.
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For Greenpeace Publications and Social Media Outputs. Can be shared with journalists for use connected to extreme weather events. For any other use please contact the photographer directly.
Unique identifier:
GP1SUJBC
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
12/06/2008
Locations:
Africa
,
Sudan
Credit line:
© Jan-Joseph Stok
Size:
4368px × 2912px 11MB
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
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Extreme Weather Events in Africa
The science is clear: we are living through a climate crisis. Extreme Weather Events (EWE) are on the rise across the African continent. Floods are becoming more difficult to forecast and more severe, claiming more lives and affecting millions every year. Droughts are lasting longer and are threatening food security. Coastlines are being battered by more frequent and intense storms. These are the symptoms of the climate crisis, and there is nothing normal about any of it.
Across the world, people are rising up and demanding decisive action be taken by governments to reverse the climate crisis. Taking the most crucial and obvious steps - immediately implementing a Just Transition to renewable energy and leaving fossil fuels in the ground - can save countless lives. Additional measures like forest protection, minimising single use waste, planning cities better and investing in better data collection are essential as well to monitor and to manage EWEs in the future. This process must be global, but African leaders and communities have the responsibility to push for it.
With coordinated efforts and research behind us, we can force governments to declare a climate emergency. We stand together with the people in frontline communities who will be hardest hit by the climate crisis. We are bold and brave, and countries across Africa will be at the forefront of tackling the climate crisis and ensuring that the future is fair and just for everyone.
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