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Climate Chaos - Almost everything is destroyed
by Balyejusa John Hillary \| 30-03-2019 06:10 0
According tho the world Meteorological organization(WMO), 2018 was the hottest year recorded. This unfortunately has been the trend since 2001. Global temperatures have been steadily increasing at least 0.4 and this has in turn come with some very disastrous effects all over the world. This increase in temperatures is attributed to the increase of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached the symbolic benchmark of 400 parts per millions in 2015 the latest year for which WMO global figures are available. It is said that this quantity will not fall below that level for many generations to come because of the long-lasting nature of carbon dioxide. These failing conditions have always been brought to light by extreme weather events like severe droughts that brought food insecurity to millions of people in southern and eastern Africa. Hurricane Matthew in Haiti being the first category 4 storm since the 1960s. This caused widespread suffering to an already wounded community. Haiti has not fully recovered from the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in 2010 A few days ago, cyclone Idai hit Mozambique’s southern city of Beira and began moving through southern Africa, and we are starting to see the extent of the devastation it brought throughout the region. The cyclone and its aftermath has destroyed an estimated 80-90% of Biera’s infrastructure leaving hundreds of thousands in a state of emergency. For a continent already racked by the effects of the climate crisis, Idai is another chilling reminder of the destructive power of the kind of storms that will become more common as the world warms up. A recent Red Cross report estimated that “more than two million people have been affected in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.” Hospitals and health facilities across the region have sustained severe infrastructural and material damage. Hundreds have already lost their lives, and hundreds of thousands more are at risk of waterborne illness, food shortages, lack of secure housing, and more. Fortunately this crisis can still be mitigated. It is too late now to be a pessimist and I think climate activists now have to work twice harder to get governments to commit to urgent climate action before its too late https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/2019/mozambique-cyclone.html https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=subcoll_see&id=3#.XJ6JVmDVLIV

Dormant user Balyejusa John Hillary

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Kushal Naharki

Kushal Naharki says :
Hello Balyejusa

I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works. Thank you for your report about Climate Chaos. Climate Change is a global issue and huge topic for discussion and all countries must take actions against it.

Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.

Yours,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 10-04-2019 20:53

Wonhee Mentor says :
Hello Balyejusa

Thank you for bringing up this important issue, climate change and its disastrous effects all over the world. Climate changes not only increase the average temperature of the globe, but also intensify natural disasters. I feel so sorry to hear that a cyclone Idai hit Beira and destroyed huge mount of infrastructure. Like this, climate changes are directly destroying our lives and we must do something now to stop it. Thank you for your report and I look forward to your next report!

Wonhee Mentor
Posted 02-04-2019 15:30

Louis Mentor says :
Hi Balyejusa,

I really appreciate your report and I had great time reading this. Although due to the time constraint, I could not provide you with a detailed feedback, I'd like to point out that you did a great job!

Keep up good work :)

Louis Mentor
Posted 01-04-2019 21:10

Rosa Domingos says :
Yes, we are closer to theses countries, for the most part, the South African Army has been deployed to help our with the search and rescue operation and all the Red Cross and Rotary International (RI). I know that RI has send gallons of water to Zimbabwe to aid in this regard.

Donations have also been sent to the affected countries to help out with acquiring the necessary equipment and tools to aid in the operation.

Lol, I do not know about the pop music, but I agree with you that the issue of the cyclone has gotten little coverage and it saddens me that we as a nation do not put more focus on this.
Posted 01-04-2019 17:57

Balyejusa John Hillary says :
Hello Asmite.
Thank you for taking time to read this report. Our failure to act in the past has led us to this state but we cannot continue like this. If we act now we can save the future

Posted 30-03-2019 21:32

Balyejusa John Hillary says :
Thank you Rosa,
You are in South Africa and somehow you are closer to the crisis than myself. Just want to share that I am disappointed in the response of Africans to this tragedy. But mostly the media. There is very little coverage of this event on main stream media here in East Africa. Maybe because it is not pop music
Posted 30-03-2019 21:31

Rosa Domingos says :
Hey there John,

I recently saw all I have carried on I've been following the news very carefully and I really do see the effects of what cyclone Idai has done to Mozambique specifically and also to Zimbabwe and Malawi.

It is clear that with the rate at which we are solving our Global problems it is not fast enough to ensure that we mitigate his issues. Moreover I do not think that activates should work harder but I think government officials should realise what is at stake and that if they do not put forth mitigating procedures now that even they will not have a world to live on know nor their children.

Thank you so much for reporting John. I look forward to your next report.
Sincerely yours,
Rosa
Posted 30-03-2019 16:39