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here on bbc news it's time for now on bbc news. somalia: from crisis to renewal climate change is bringing droughts and floods around the world, but in many countries it's doing something else as well acting as a kind of chaos multiplier. i'm in somalia, one of the most dangerous countries in the world, to report on how climate change is making conflict in places like this even worse. when drought hits, people begin to fight for access to food and water. translation: they stay back when they see my gun. - somalia didn't cause the problem. the entire country has emitted as much carbon dioxide since the 1950s as americans have in — wait for it —

the last three days. but somalia is beginning to help itself — investing in new technology. starting new businesses. translation: | buy food from the shop. | i cook it and i keep the profit. there is hope. there is a whole narrative in the country that's called somalia rising. so what will it take to lift somalia out of the vicious cycle of climate and conflict?

it isn't easy travelling in somalia. this is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist, or for anyone else for that matter. we're with the red cross, and to ensure the safety of the team, we've got to bring along some pretty serious security. somalia is the only country in the world where the international red cross travels with armed guards as standard. we are headed out into the wild scrub that covers much of the country to meet a community who are right on the front line of climate change. somalia is still overwhelmingly an agricultural society. some two—thirds of the people here depend on farming.

about half the population earns its living by herding animals. translation: when i had many camels, we would walk very far. | i would take them to places with good pasture where they could flourish. sheikh don ismail used to be a nomadic camel herder. they sing the herders sing traditional songs to soothe the animals as they scoop water into the camels' trough. the climate has always been harsh and variable here, but for thousands of years, people have been able to eke out a living by moving their animals from one pasture to the next in these dry lands. but the patterns of rain that make that possible seem to be breaking down. translation: we used to have a good life, - but recently the droughts have become more frequent. the rains in somalia usually come twice a year,

but between 2020 and 2022, they failed five times in a row. it caused somalia's worst drought for a0 years and pushed the country to the edge of famine. translation: there | was nowhere to go to. the well became dry and there was no pasture. and then the animals began to die. scientists estimate human—caused climate change made the recent drought in somalia 100 times more likely. i'm amazed at how productive it is. sheik don was lucky — he has a small farm, but it wasn't enough. translation: we planted maize and grass. - i cut it and fed it to the animals. but then the wells became shallow, and there just wasn't enough food. sheik don lost all his camels. he says there isn't enough

food for the family now. translation: most of us don't have water, so the life - we live now is really bad. really bad. tensions have risen in the community, he says. when drought hits, herders compete to get pasture and for water. they sometimes invade farms to feed their animals, and it can get violent. translation: there's no respect if you don't have a gun. _ the herders who lead their animals into the farm stay back when they see my weapon. they get scared of you. these localised disputes can rapidly spiral into full—blown battles, and notjust in somalia. these fights for access to resources are a key driver intensifying conflicts across the whole of north africa, says the head of the international red cross in the region. access to boreholes, access to pasture land are more

and more difficult to find or to get, and so population living in similarareas might end up fighting, competing for those resources. and sometimes it goes to people shooting at each other. somalia is on the east coast of africa. its population is split into a series of clan groups, which are a key source of identity for somali people. newsreel: and now to - british somaliland, a company of the somali camel corps in training _ during the colonial era, the clan territories were merged into two colonies — italian somalia and at independence in 1960, they were merged to form the independent somali republic. a brutal dictator, siad barre, took power after a coup. his repressive rule suppressed clan conflicts, but when barre was overthrown in 1991, the country collapsed into a civil war and

jihadist insurgency. gunfire western attempts to hold back the chaos ended in disaster and humiliation, when two us black hawk helicopters were shot down over mogadishu, the capital city. two dead american soldiers were dragged through the streets, leading to a public outcry in the us. in 1995, western troops pulled out and they have not returned. decades of anarchy have followed. there's a brutal islamist insurgency, a civil war in parts of the country and a whole series of regional and clan conflicts. gunfire, explosions and the fighting has created a sickening circularity — climate change is making resources even more scarce, heightening the conflict, while at the same time the conflict leaves

the country more vulnerable to climate shocks. and somalia doesn't just face drought — it is dealing with a weather and climate double whammy. we have come way down to the south of somalia. this place, kismayo, is a port town. it has been bitterly fought over. at one stage, islamist militants from the lethal al-qaeda affiliate al—shabaab overran the place. it was retaken by the somali army about a decade ago, but the threat hasn't gone away. al—shabaab forces still surround the town. the front line is just 60km away. it means the town is like an island — cut off from the rest of the country, but not from the weather.

the year after the drought, somalia was hit with terrible floods caused by rains reckoned to have been made twice as intense thanks to human—caused global warming. the floods killed hundreds of people and displaced more than a million more. it wrecked farms and killed yet more animals. children crying and because the country is divided by conflict, it is even harder to deal with the consequences of these climate shocks. every day, a steady stream of mothers bring in their sick babies and children to this hospital in kismayo. many have risked crossing the front line to get here. all of them are hungry. the un has developed a special classification for

different degrees of hunger. it says four million somalis, one in five of the population, face either acute or emergency food insecurity. these are two of the highest steps on what you might call a kind of stairway of human misery. they sitjust behind the very top step — famine. the un reckons more than 1.5 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished. it means aid agencies like the international red cross are stretched to the limit. child whimpers our mandate is to protect and assist - people who are victims of armed conflict. by extension, people who are also victims of other situations of violence, which is a lesser type of conflict.

but, um, even if we are not specialised in climate change, it's, uh, it's something we have to take into account because for the last three years, there were like natural catastrophes that are directly linked to the climate change that, uh, basically prevented us from doing ourjob fully the way we wanted to do it, and that also affected very badly the population. salma abdulkadir lives in an area controlled by al—shabaab. she was nine months pregnant when her baby son fell ill. she had to travel for two whole days to get to this hospital. translation: it was awful. there was no—one else to carry my sick child. just me. and there was so much rain i had to wade through mud. there is a cycle here. years of conflict have made communities less resilient, so they are more vulnerable

when floods or droughts hit. translation: the only | thing we had was the farm and it was washed away. we don't have anything now. it can seem hopeless, but somalis are strong people and, like the babies in this hospital, they can recover. translation: my little baby looked like an inflated sack. when i brought him here. you couldn't see his eyes, he was so swollen. now look at him. praise be to god. abdihakim ainte advises the somali prime minister on climate change. so climate change, i would rate number one over every other challenge that we have in society. hold on, including the conflict that has raged for more than 30 years? including, including the conflict, yes. because of the conflict, it is the way you can silence and end the conflict, but you cannot silence or put an end to a science—based

problem, which is a natural disaster that is happening and claiming thousands of lives. so i would put climate over every challenge that we have in the country. yes, there are more deeper and more systemic challenges that we face, but i think climate is the most pressing and the most existential one. so why do you put climate number one? well, because of the, the scale and the lives it claims, the condition that it creates. we're talking about 3.8 million people now living in abject poverty. the combination of climate change and conflict has driven millions of somalis into places like this — vast refugee camps. but this isn't run by an international aid organisation. the residents here have to pay rent for the scraps of land their makeshift huts are on. they get few handouts from international

agencies, if any at all. here, they pay for their food and their water. one in five somalis are stuck in camps like this. almost four million people are classed as internally displaced. a decade ago, it was just one million. and they're kind of stuck in a dreadful limbo — unable to go home but also unable to move on. halima's story is typical. her family lost everything because of drought and had to move to the camp. translation: the droughts used to be short. _ we would lose some of our camels and goats, but some would always remain. but they have been getting worse. now they even kill our strongest camels. life in the camp is tough. every day gets harder and harder. we don't get any

help from anyone. often i only have enough food for one meal a day. and there aren't many options when it comes to earning money. after a while here, you notice something really interesting. there aren't that many men. most of the men have left to find work elsewhere, and the easiest work to get is as a fighter in one of the overlapping conflicts that consume the country. halima's husband and four of her five sons have joined a local militia. translation: they are rural people with no skills, - so the only work they could get was in the army. they were desperate. and when you are without food long enough and your children are looking at you, you will do anything. halima's family's story is repeated across the country. the millions of people

displaced by climate change create a huge pool of potential recruits for clan militia, regional armies or the jihadist insurgencies. it helps drive the conflict and perpetuate somalia's cycle of misery. kaafiyo's family lost all their animals to drought and like halima, her husband felt he had no choice but to join a local militia. he was killed in a gun battle in a local town just over a year ago, leaving her looking after their seven children on her own. translation: | knew - when he joined the militia that he might die or he might survive. when he died, he left me and the children on our own. we don't get support from anywhere and our breadwinner is dead. some nights we eat, some we don't.

rocket roars, explodes meanwhile, the world has other priorities. 0ther wars in gaza and ukraine, for example, are where the world's attention — and its cash — is focused. the un has calculated somalia needs at least $1.6 billion this year, and that is just to meet the basic humanitarian needs of the country. but so far, only around $600 million has been pledged. yet somalia bears virtually no responsibility for the changes in the global climate that are wreaking such damage on the country. camel milk tea? delicious. now the people of somalia cannot be held responsible for climate change. i'vejust been doing the numbers on my phone, and the entire country has emitted as much carbon dioxide since the 1950s as americans have in — wait for it —

the last three days. but somalia is taking action. in garoowe, a small city in the north of somalia, the local power station has been making some dramatic new investments. whoa! there is no shortage of wind in this part of somalia, and they're already using that to generate power and the region's abundant solar resources as well. in fact, two—thirds of this city's power is currently being generated by wind and by solar. the average across the year is much lower — around 10% of total power. but that is changing fast, says the boss of the plant. he says renewables are just much better value than his diesel generators. each of these beasts costs around $300,000, plus $20,000 a day in diesel, and they only last about five years.

meanwhile, the solar panels cost nothing to run and will last about 20 years. he told me his company hasn't received any grants or aid from abroad. it borrowed the $2 million it cost to install the solar panels from the company that made them. and how quickly can you pay that back? and you can pay that back with the revenues from selling the electricity in two years? that's quick! that is quick! the plan now is to build a much bigger renewable energy plant. it'll cost $17 million and will be backed up with batteries, along with a few diesel generators. the cash will be from private investors, and here's the thing — the costs will be so much lower, mohamed expects to be able to cut prices for consumers in half.

it has a good lifetime, easy to install, easy to maintain. but there is a problem. there are virtually no renewable energy engineers in somalia. mohamed's answer — his company is training them up itself, for free. so that it can reach the farthest point, i want to reach that. so, for me, i will make my effort. so, for me, i will make my effort. abdinasir believes his training could help transform his life and his country.

i think the future is bright for me. we are having a new generation who are up in spirits, they want to learn something for their country. lower electricity prices will be good news for everyone and could have an added environmental bonus, too. as we drove around kismayo, we saw evidence of the trade in charcoal virtually everywhere. it is made from trees and bushes cut from the savanna ecosystem. it's illegal to make in most of the country, but is still widely used for cooking and is also exported to neighbouring kenya and to the gulf states. wow, that one is massive. the charcoal trade is incredibly damaging. it destroys the local ecosystem. cutting back the trees and bushes makes the soil much more exposed to the increasingly hot, dry seasons and much more vulnerable to erosion when the rains eventually come.

the fumes from charcoal stoves can also damage health. the hope is cheaper, more reliable electricity will reduce charcoal demand. and when you look around, there are hopeful stories everywhere. 0n the edge of the refugee camp, men play dominoes outside a caff. the business is the brainchild of amina 0sman mohamed. her family lost their animals to drought, her husband is ill and she cares for 11 children, including her widowed daughter's kids. but amina is determined to improve her family's situation. translation: | buy food from the shop. | i cook it, and i keep the profit. i want things to be good. i want to get more. it is up to god if i get lucky. allah makes your luck,

but you also make luck too. she chuckles yes, you are right. - yes, yes, i work hard. despite the changing climate, the conflict, the poverty of the camp she lives in, amina believes in a better future for her family and for her country. and she is not alone. somalia is a story of a potential, of a promise. and i don't subscribe to the notion that somalia is unfixable. i think it's fixable, and it's showing a significant progress on pretty much every front that you can look into. but a series of recent bomb attacks shows how much still needs to be done. and with climate change turbo—charging the conflict in somalia, the country will need international support as it tries to bring peace and also to make the investments in long—term development that can help build resilience. it will take time, but as i've discovered on myjourney here,

somalis are resourceful, entrepreneurial people and they have not lost hope. we had some pretty intense downpours. storms will continue across mainly southern england into the midlands and across wales. those could be really quite intense. lots of rainfall in a short space of time. frequent lightning and gusty winds. but not everyone will see the downpours.

in between there will be some sunny spells. particularly in central areas. there'll also be some sunshine this afternoon across north—west england and northern ireland. the central and eastern scotland it will remain fairly cloudy. a bit of cloud hanging on across the finalist of england. temperatures around that north sea coast around 15 or 16. a late summer stay in london. 2a celsius expected here. tonight will see the thundery downpours affecting north wales. another batch start to move in during the early hours of sunday morning. you might get woken up by the early rumble of thunder. temperatures staying up, a mild if not warm night. those storms will continue during sunday. we could see some travel

disruption from those intense downpours. with some flash flooding. similar to today. further north is looking likely dry was some sunshine. those north sea coast saying fairly cloudy. into the evening on sunday though showers across the south. that will continue as we go into monday. we got this area of low pressure very wet conditions. from south—west england up to parts of lincolnshire, the rain is going to stick around through much of the day. further north it will start to get chillier from mid week onwards. we'll see this arctic air moving its way southwards across many parts of the uk. temperatures will drop below the average. quite unsettled as you can see. by thursday or friday 11 or 12 degrees in northern areas, even in the south 13 or 1a celsius filled full feeling more like autumn.

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