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![]() ![]() This area of Kenya is being hit hard as part of a larger drought in the Horn of Africa - the area’s worst in 40 years. ![]() Kenya ranks slightly higher than other low-income countries on the Global Adaptation Initiative Index, however this doesn’t mean that the consequences of the climate crisis are any less dire, especially in areas like the northwestern region of Turkana. The 2010 earthquake that killed approximately 250,000 people cost 120% of the country’s GDP. ![]() The World Bank also estimates that 2016’s Hurricane Matthew caused damages equal to nearly one-third of the country’s GDP. Over 96% of Haitians are at risk when a disaster strikes, and the damages sustained in the wake of these emergencies carry a heavy financial burden. However, many of these countries also have better systems for response and resilience in place. Many countries in the Caribbean sit in the hurricane belt and suffer the effects of global warming - including the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. The World Bank estimates that Haiti has lost 98% of its forests, making the country even more vulnerable to complex emergencies when they strike. It’s very hard for us to deal with climate change.” An ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti, along with its high levels of poverty, is partly to blame. In 2019, when former Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe was the country’s Environment Minister, he compared the climate crisis to violence in his country at COP25: “Climate change is a very big terror in Haiti. ![]()
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