East Africa countries facing major climate funding gap, report says
Women from Kenya’s pastoral Turkana community wait under a makeshift shed with their children at a drought-intervention community outreach clinic organised by Unicef at Nadoto village on October 18, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
East African countries, particularly Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Somalia, face a significant funding gap after wealthy nations pledged a paltry Ksh350 billion ($2.4 billion) to climate-related development finance in 2021, a new report shows.
The report, released by Oxfam on Monday, shows that the four countries need a staggering Ksh7.7 trillion ($52.7 billion) to effectively address their climate challenges.
