by Deborah Phelan | May 9, 2023 | Climate Change, Drought, Famine
In stunning reporting last week, Inside Climate News cited studies that claim climate change is responsible for famine conditions currently impacting 100 thousand in East Africa. Some 23 million people living in the Horn of Africa countries of Ethiopia, Somalia, and...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 13, 2021 | Climate Change, Drought, Extreme Weather
It’s a volatile combination in California; the wind, the fire season, and the historic drought. In the San Francisco Bay Area, for the past six weeks or so, the wind picks up every afternoon; there have already been two red flag alerts months before the fire...
by Deborah Phelan | Feb 16, 2017 | Climate Change, Drought, Food Security, Global Goals, Hunger
The same region in the Horn of Africa which experienced severe famine back in 2011 is once again devastated by a record breaking drought, which threatens to undermine success gained in helping communities cope with the ravages of extreme weather and climate change....
