Pak Sahafat – The consequences of climate change lead to an increase in hunger and death in the tropical regions of the world, and research of Oxfam shows that people in 10 countries suffer from hunger more than twice as much as six years ago.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, new research by Oxfam shows that more than 48 million people in 10 countries of the world suffer from acute hunger, while this figure was 21 million people six years ago.
The hunger situation in the tropical regions of the world has intensified due to the severe effects of climate change.
In the Oxfam aid organization’s research, which was conducted under the title “World hunger and warming”, it is stated that 18 million people living in the tropical regions of the world are even at risk of dying from starvation. Seven of the climate crisis hotspots identified by Oxfam are located in Africa.
Gabriela Butcher, Executive Director of Oxfam International, said that climate change is no longer just a “ticking time bomb”, but a bomb that is exploding before our eyes.
Boucher added that the climate crisis has brought drought, storm and flood and the number of such incidents has increased fivefold in the last 50 years.
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According to a new study by Oxfam, the 10 countries that were severely affected by the climate crisis are Somalia, Haiti, Djibouti, Kenya, Niger, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Madagascar, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe, which have suffered the most damage many times in the last two decades.
According to Boucher, millions of people suffering from ongoing war and conflict, widespread inequality and economic crises are now losing their livelihoods as a result of disasters such as hurricanes and other climate events.
Oxfam’s new study also states that in Kenya, almost 2,500,000 livestock were lost due to the drought and more than 2,400,000 people suffered from hunger.
In Niger, the number of hungry people is 2.6 million, which is almost eight times more than in 2016. In Burkina Faso, more than 3.4 million people were struggling with severe malnutrition in June 2022, about 13 times more than six years earlier.
According to Oxfam, many low-income people in poor countries are unable to cope with the consequences of climate events, while these countries also have a negligible contribution to carbon dioxide emissions.
The countries of the Group of 20, which have 80% of the world’s economy, are responsible for the emission of more than three quarters of carbon dioxide gas in the world.