The British newspaper “The Independent” revealed that the harsh weather stained by the climate crisis cost the poorest countries in the world 156 billion dollars in the past two decades.
She explained that the extreme drought, floods, hurricanes and other phenomena affected 364 million people and caused the death of more than 42 thousand individuals since 2000, noting that 17 thousand of these deaths can be attributed directly to climate change.
She reported that the most affected countries are Somalia, Haiti and Uganda.
And it became clear to researchers at the ACD – an international research institution based in London – that the climate crisis contributed to the loss of losses in agricultural crops estimated at billions of dollars, as farmers in Somalia and Ethiopia were forced to abandon their livelihoods amid increasing food scarcity.
“If Britain would have been damaged by tens of billions of dollars due to the actions of other countries, our government and people would have the right to raise their property with the injustice they were subjected to,” Mike Childives, head of the Policy Department of the Friends of the Earth, told the Independent.
Best effects of Western decisions
The newspaper had published a report on US President Donald Trump’s comment on international aid, Britain’s intention to reduce the volume of financing in billions of pounds, and the devastating effect of these steps on the countries most affected by the climate crisis as a result of losing support for food and prevention of disasters.
Carla Denir, the leader of the British Green Party, criticized the reluctance of rich countries to provide aid to countries affected by the repercussions of the climate crisis. She said that it is a fatal injustice that it is the least caused by the climate crisis that pays the largest price.
She added that Britain should play a pivotal role to correct this injustice, because countries are the poorest in the world, such as Somalia, Ethiopia, and the small island countries are the ones that pay the price.
The study, conducted by the Lower Seas Development Institute, included 53 of the low -income countries and 36 of the small island countries developing in the Caribbean, Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, and 17 countries in the Sahel and the Grand African Horn.
Little aid for affected countries
The study stated that these countries have suffered a loss and damage of 395 billion dollars since 2000, 156 billion dollars, of which could be attributed to the climate crisis.
It is worth noting that the “United Nations Climate Summit” known as “cup 28”, which was held in Dubai in late 2023, had agreed to establish the losses and damage fund that will provide financial support for some of the destruction caused by climate change.
But the rich and more polluting countries pledged to provide a total of $ 768 million to the fund, which the Independent newspaper considered only a small part of the financial losses incurred by the weak countries and will continue to face. It was agreed this year that the fund would pay $ 250 million from this amount until the end of 2026.
Tribal hurricanes and floods have always caused the damage in the small, developing islands such as the Bahamas, which lost at least $ 4 billion in disasters that are attributed to the climate.
The most violent and unjust
Scientists believe that tropical hurricanes have become more violent and unjust due to the climate crisis caused by the high temperatures of the seas and the winds that increase the mud of the losses.
Meanwhile, the high level of the sea level caused by the melting of the ice peaks increases the floods in the low -rise islands.
The waves of severe droughts and the deadly floods have swept the African and Horny regions, which strongly affected many societies that depend on agriculture.
The report of the Climate Development Institute showed that climate change contributed to luminaries of livestock and crops in these countries by at least $ 11.5 billion, which has always caused livelihoods and food supplies in agricultural areas that already suffer from high poverty rates.
Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia incurred tens of billions of dollars among them, but Somalia is the country that was damaged more than others.
