Scorched: East Africa’s Climate Crisis

East Africa is ground zero for climate change. Community leaders in northern Kenya tell NBC News Chief International Correspondent Keir Simmons that fertile lands just a decade ago now look like desert. Conflict around the world is also driving food insecurity. “Scorched: East Africa’s Climate Crisis” looks at the global forces at play and asks how we can address these issues.
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[@melissaverduin3693]

I'm frustrated. Because it's sad to watch people literally suffer from no fault of their own while others in my country (America) turn a blind eye. The rich people get richer while the rest of the world suffer from disease, hunger & climate change they did not create! We are all one. We are all connected. The greed & cruelty(wars) MUST end. We need peace,love,food & water.💦💖🥥🍇

[@tikka300wsm5]

Nobody is stopping you from sending your money to them. Instead you act as though you care by posting in the comments on KZbin...

[@trumpetmusic5672]

We don't turn a blind eye, we contribute to the problem by fighting meaningless wars. Yes, wars affect climate change! Shocking!

[@rosssmith8481]

This reminds me when Don Lemon from CNN asked the meteorologist if climate change was the reason for the hurricane this year. He didn't answer. Why? Because he knew that in the history of hurricane landfall, there is no increase in the amount of hurricanes.

[@dutyrover946]

no human created climate change dude. man made climate change is not signifiant enough to even change climate. Earth is still in the ice age believe it or not and all the ice caps and the rise in temperature is because the ice age isn't over yet and earth is beginning to warm back up again. When dinosaurs roamed earth, it was much hotter than today and there was much more CO2 in the atmosphere. Were dinos driving cars around or is that just how earth has always been??

[@Bunnito-q2w]

@@tikka300wsm5 and who do they address the money to? 😂 You need nations paying nations, or at least companies paying nations. Not regular people.

[@gaza1677]

northern Kenya has always been desert this story that it's fertile oasis is BS

[@firstname__lastname]

It's horrible that the poorest countries are suffering the most from the actions of the rich and ultra rich.

[@tikka300wsm5]

What a bunch of BS. This land has always drought. This has nothing to do with climate change.

[@NextBlendVoyage]

May God bless this land. 🙏

[@BalkanUltras48]

God said it's a sh|thole 😅😅😅

[@MochaQueen5]

​​@@BalkanUltras48Judgement is on Europeans Americans and all the earth too. It is all the people that came from evolution being judged for what they did to MAN in America. Africa is not the only one in trouble with God! All the nations conspired to destroy man! Humans will not leave this earth without punishment. It is sign to repent. Jesus is coming!

[@barryhessel6078]

In America, were having global cooling.

[@WatchingUntiltheEnd]

You really want this comment to stick so it bares repeating.

[@jeanniecatton9168]

You know that it's an unusual drought when the wildlife, giraffes, elephants, are dying. They belong there, and now can't survive, nor travel far enough to save themselves.

[@joshs470]

It's important to remember that these people rely on forests/trees/charcoal and have done for a very long time - turning the landscape more arid with fewer resources to sustain livestock this is a major contributing factor to the problems today.

[@wdfktv8555]

My heart goes out to all of the people of africa hanging on to the frayed thread of Life due to drought, famine, war, and government corruption.

[@wdfktv8555]

Clearly, you don't see things very clearly. So let me clarify. I lived Central African Republic from 1977 through 1982, at that time it was called the Central African empire. Even when the rains came and the dry season followed in the normal of seasons, life was anything but easy for these people. While they may have had adequate unpotable water through the dry season, there was still often a shortage of food in The Villages. Hunger, malnutrition, and a wide range of tropical illnesses and diseases we're always being battled on the forefront. Baidoa is the epicenter of the drought in Somalia and to make life just a little bit more distressing, the area is currently surrounded by al-shabaab militants. They are currently experiencing the worst drought in 40 years.

[@jmwanginjoroge2593]

The bigger problem is that we use much more time talking about the problem, setting up talk-shop orgs THAN setting up sustainable water-harvesting systems and diversifying food sources for the communities.

[@joycewedel9084]

Why aren't we sending them food & water??? Canned goods like green beans, peas , etc contain food & they can drink the water it's packed in as well as canned fruits. USA could be sending beef jerky also & lotsa oatmeal, powdered milk, etc. Oatmeal is cheap & very filling. Instant potatoes very filling also & raw bagged beans that are cheap. If the News would give us Americans an address there we would all donate/send food. Not sending money cuz that doesn't prove they have food. We could send clothes too. Nobody ever gives an address. Horrible!

[@js6728]

Its soooo hard to build immense evaporation pools, or water gathering atmosphere sails, but you give dependences. So likely you would genocide them as well.

[@leehyunsong7001]

Every environmental change is caused by climate, no argument needed 😅

[@MikeMW87]

Stop giving them food ...we give them food there population rises 5 times .

[@deleted_acoount_0530]

1:00 What do you mean they didn't cause it? They literally contributed to it, so they caused it did they not?

[@rosssmith8481]

Before global warming, there were no droughts. Even though the population is now at 8 billion, "one day" it will go down. After all we have been saying that for 30 years, as the population skyrockets

[@granddefectus4602]

The future is in Africa

[@Speedyskull15]

This is nothing new but maybe more people will notice .I was a failure to thrive baby too and I’ve never been the same it gave me several mental health issues and delays they’ll never be the same

[@mohamedyusuf4020]

Lies and propaganda information. Let’s hear from their representatives capitals

[@empyrean9712]

In what way can you elaborate?

[@mohamedyusuf4020]

@@empyrean9712 it’s simple we wanna hear the countries government impacted not a un NGOs project or geopolitical of Russian Ukraine war with the grains stories

[@empyrean9712]

@@mohamedyusuf4020 understood.

[@rosssmith8481]

Kenya 54 million people. Somalia 16.5 million. Ethiopia 117 million

[@chrissanders541]

that looks bad... good luck, i hope u guys get food and water..

[@nikeytasmith]

Horrible , and the animals are so skinny😟 Evidently there are millions of dollars to give to one country for WAR but NONE for another country for FOOD and WATER😑 Just doesn't make sense to me, this is just so sad and awful.

[@meghan42]

We need to address the root causes which are climate change which is exacerbated by wheat shortges due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

[@LaLaJMusic]

There are women... There are children (magically, I suppose)... They all risk their lives just so secure water for themselves and their livestock... WHERE ARE THE MEN?!?! What are THEY up to???? 16 and 17, pregnant... HOW, with no men around 😲😲 It baffles my mind 🤯🤯

[@meemurthelemur4811]

The men and boys have either gone to the cities to try to find work to send money home or they are out tending animals, keeping them safe from the wild animals that are just as desperate as they are. Cattle must be moved constantly in order for them to find enough food.

[@FundiWaStima]

Out tending cattle... pasture and water is often miles away, and they have to be away weeks at a time to find enough for their livestock to eat

[@donwan2637]

If we can send money to Ukraine, why can't we send the same amount to help Kenyan

[@suziecue3027]

I agree.

[@jenniferburton1711]

Cause they frankly aren't our problem. Defense contractors don't make any money from sending money to help Kenyans

[@eugeneekenya2751]

am kenyan send money 🤪

[@jupiterran]

A lot of African hunger and high food prices is caused by the cutoff of grain exports from the Ukraine, previously a major world exporter. It's all connected.

[@alexv1190]

Its not money it's old weapons and it's actually saving USA money and boosting the economy

[@jeanniecatton9168]

Such cynical comments!

[@kayla-marieharley234]

These ppl's clothes are bright and clean. Fortunate 'you' can buy them new clothing and new jugs to harvest water. Unfortunate you can't buy them a uhaul and bring them to firtile land instead.

[@jluck5643]

I’m seriously not understanding. Where is this fake snowstorm? I don’t understand how come it’s not getting reported that I’m in Colorado and I have not seen rain or snow here in years. Unless people are making this up I must be in another reality because it is literally just sun. And that is crazy I love the rain. Cold air is good for people

[@blane5332]

Yea j luck let's talk about you and your plight! I thought this was info on people that are suffering from hunger and drought! But no selfish privileged American let's talk about YOU!

[@jluck5643]

@@blane5332 I stand corrected. I will not complain about it.

[@joycewedel9084]

They need some man made lakes & then with water they can grow sweet potatoes, etc in big pots & send them potting soil & then they can start composting to make free soil

[@wdfktv8555]

What they need is rain. The majority of Africa is bi seasonal. In September the rains start to diminish and the dry season starts. You will see extremely little to no rain for five full months. Then, in April the rains will start to return and by May it's raining multiple times every day. The problem here is the wet season rains have not come for several years. They can't feel a lake with water that's not there and doesn't come. Potting soil and pots aren't going to grow any plants without water to give them life.

[@adrianhowell6173]

I don't believe none of this

[@barryhessel6078]

What or who did cause climate change? God?

[@OldScientist]

There is no climate crisis. The Earth was warmer in the recent and distant past. It also warmed faster in the past. The problem is bad weather, poverty, bad governance and lack of resources especially fossil fuels. Compare this situation to that of the Gulf states. These people need fuel to power their development.

[@kevinmckeever7653]

Permaculture is the answer

[@joshs470]

Permaculture is no good without water. Pumps, desalination plants and access to affordable fossil fuels first.

[@kevinmckeever7653]

@@joshs470 I don’t think you know what permaculture is. What you have described is the opposite.

[@joshs470]

@@kevinmckeever7653 I do know what permaculture is, my background is in Natural Area Restoration. Have you ever been to the Horn of Africa? The majority of the people rely entirely on natural rainfall, don't have access to pumps or desalination and have to burn forest biomass for fuel. It's a vicious cycle. This doesn't happen in countries that use the wealth of fossil fuels. Saudi Arabia is a fine example, low rainfall, fossil fuel wealth, investment in the people, and 97% having access to water. Same in all countries that have developed using fossil fuels.

[@kevinmckeever7653]

@@joshs470 permaculture doesn't rely on fossil fuels. It uses biomass to collect and store water and nutrients within the soil. I saw the well they were digging from. They can use that water as a starting off point. They have livestock, they can produce family agricultural plots. They don't need tractors or trucks or drills. If they use the principles of permaculture they can more than provide for themselves.

[@joshs470]

@@kevinmckeever7653 The West developed from the wealth of fossil fuels. Saudi Arabia has 33 destination plants, people do well there. Places like Somalia are the exact opposite. Sure, permaculture has its place, but it isn't some utopian solution to severe problems, particularly in areas where rainfall fails.

[@barryhessel6078]

In America, were having global cooling.