Saving lives and livelihoods requires urgent action to address both the pandemic and the climate emergency. Recently I found myself wearing more warm clothes than before because I can’t deal with the cold anymore. Even my covers have gained a new duvet and I am wearing warmer stocking in the house. My friends who travelled to Nairobi recently came back cursing the weather, only to find it shifting here too. Climate change is affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives. Weather patterns are changing, sea levels are rising, and weather events are becoming more extreme. Animals are hiding away from it and dying…


