Nairobi, 5 November 2019 – <\/b>With floods hitting at least 16 African countries [1], Greenpeace Africa urges leaders to act for the people and against climate change.<\/p>\n
Rains have increasingly been torrential in the past months, striking large parts of East Africa and elsewhere, in unprecedented intensity in decades, causing at least dozens of deaths, displacement of more than one million people [2].<\/span> Greenpeace Africa calls on Africa\u2019s leaders to provide immediate aid to those affected, but also take action to tackle the climate crisis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFrom floods to drought, extreme weather is a direct consequence of bad energy policies, the senseless burning of fossil fuels and reckless destruction of our forests,\u201d said Amos Wemanya, Greenpeace Africa\u2019s Campaigner. \u201cThis continent must not wait for a miracle to avoid the next flood. Without breaking away from coal, protecting our rainforests and oceans, transforming our farming and agriculture, and without bringing the US back to the Paris Agreement, we will all end up queuing for Noah\u2019s Ark,\u201d concluded Wemanya.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With more extreme weather upon us, Greenpeace Africa will continue to stand with youth striking for the climate. Ahead of the 29th of November School Friday for the Climate (Fridays for Future), Youth climate leaders across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and other affected countries will use Greenpeace Africa\u2019s channels to continue to demand urgent action from their leaders<\/span><\/p>\n Editors notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact for interviews and more information:<\/b><\/p>\n Follow Greenpeace Africa on social media:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n www.facebook.com\/GreenpeaceAfrica<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n
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