coming up on the program the effects of the climate crisis on africa not a psycho who died of a stephen zimbabwe gave months ago we meet some survivors still living in tents also coming up. so africa's worst drought in a century means farmers are struggling to save their lives. and the world's largest several species on the threat of severe weather conditions found the land of their gradation mean that only $3000.00 survive in previous is that. i am eddie mica julia you're welcome to the program today show is about the effects the climate crisis is having on africa's people and its wildlife the u.n. secretary general until you can see it is opened an international climate conference on monday with a warning he said levels of heat trapping gases have hit a record high and the impacts could be catastrophic if nations do not take action to limit their greenhouse gas emissions africa is already struggling with the effects of the mall for that's all climates drought are usually severe rainfall cycles 8 months ago cycle he did i wrecked havoc in the east of there but we are reports up if we shut it ev

welcome to visit africa i'm stephen beard zimbra thanks for joining us drought government dysfunction and an economic emergency have flung zimbabwe into its worst hunger crisis in 10 years that's according to the world food programme which warned monday that more than half of zimbabweans are already facing food insecurity and that many could face outright starvation without help. the un's world food program says it will run out of food reserves to feed undernourished zimbabweans in february. insects harvested from trees in the night have become a critical source of protein for many millions of zimbabweans are now going hungry and the economic crisis continues to rage out of control run away inflation means food is too expensive in these markets because of prices because today to make this . 252 more of the added tomato 400 and people they don't if that that's. soaring prices and shortages mean people wait days for fuel. or a typo of an oven we came here yesterday in the morning at 8 and we are still waiting because there is no fuel but when we came that was there so we're still waiting. but running out of petrol doesn't compare w