How to Make Climate Action Africa-Friendly.
Climate change is heating up the globe, causing poverty, destroying livelihoods, and making life unbearable. Addressing this crisis in Africa requires democratizing climate action and simplifying its messaging to make it accessible to everyone.
A 2024 study found that the ‘dangerous humid heat’, which engulfed West Africa in February 2024, was made ten times more likely by human-caused climate change. The study specifically identified heat as a ‘silent killer’. Heat also worsens poverty. In India, for instance, climate change is worsening poverty and making heat-related expenses a cause of catastrophic unintended expenditure for families. Without a doubt, climate change is heating up the globe, causing poverty, destroying livelihoods and making living unbearable. This has to change. We need to democratize climate change and make its messaging easier for everyone to understand. Only then can we build an active citizenry committed to action.
