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Oxfam warns that East Africa is facing disastrous food shortages as the climate produces the harshest temperatures recorded.

Climate change is not a distant, future threat. Right now, it is helping fuel a massive crisis in the Horn of Africa region. Nearly 11 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya face terrifying food shortages, due to a catastrophic drought that has killed off crops and cattle. Urgent action is n... https://www.oxfam.org/en/grow-ethiopia-food-crisis-ethiopia/how-climate-change-helping-fuel-massive-hunger-crisis-east-africa
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Much of the world looks to China as a senior country and a world leader. China is also a major polluter, along with the other major economies. But China is a one country that has taken strong steps to repair climate and is a clear world leader in climate change action. While the US is going backward on climate change policy, China is taking the lead and looking toward more than a 30% reduction in emissions, even as its economy grows strongly.

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