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Disproportionate suffering: A girl climbs a baobab tree in Malamawa village, in Niger. The climate has long been inhospitable, but now rising temperatures have caused prolonged drought, exacerbating food shortages, prompting migration and contributing to instability. Photo: Luis Tato/FAO/AFP
AFRICA

The West owes Africa $100bn (at least) for climate recovery

In fewer than three days, a US citizen emits as much carbon as a person from Chad or Niger does in one year. Such is the asymmetry in culpability for climate change.

  • Chukwumerije Okereke
8 min read