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As extreme effects of climate change exacerbate devastating crises in the Horn of Africa, CARE calls for the full funding of the region's Humanitarian Resource Plan to save lives.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN’s climate science body, responsible for producing scientific reports that offer policymakers and the public crucial evidence on the status of the climate crisis.

While the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa continues to worsen, an influx of refugees continue to arrive from Somalia to Kenya. Most of these are women and children who must seek refuge on the outskirts of Dadaab as resources are limited.

22 districts across Zambia are underwater due to climate change-induced flooding. Impacts of the heavy rainfall combined with rising cases of cholera and COVID-19 has created a triple threat to already vulnerable communities.

Governments have left women and girls, who are the most impacted by the effects of climate change on the margins of climate action.

Despite some positive steps having been made, progress during negotiations is continuing at a slow and disappointing pace.

A recent CARE survey has shown that the drought is forcing children to quit school to support their parents in the search for food, pasture, and water.

The rich most polluting countries must commit to helping the nations most affected by climate image by financing adaptation initiatives and addressing the inevitable losses and damages.

The heavy rainfall has displaced over 200,000 households, destroyed countless health facilities, roads, bridges, crops, and water systems.