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To: Sdgla who wrote (1401086)	4/30/2023 6:25:44 PM
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"When the fighting starts because people are freezing to death and unable to get food I sure hope they start in your back yard" Right now, people on the other side of the world are baking and starving. Extreme Temperature Diary- Sunday April 30th, 2023/Main Topic: Carbon Pollution Made East Africa’s Drought 100 Times as Likely, Study Says – Guy On Climate Dear Diary. Attribution studies for major weather/climatic events are being produced at a fast and furious pace these days. The last one I reported on concerned the European heatwave and drought from 2022. This year we have a new major study indicating that the current historic Horn of Africa drought would not be occurring, or at least would not be so severe, if it were ‘t for climate change. Across North America and Europe people are able to cope better with the first effects of climate change due to our general wealth, plus nations there are mostly responsible for the climate crisis in the first place. Of course, that’s not the case in eastern Africa where cycles of poverty have persisted for decades. This new attribution study will make it easier for eastern African nations to extract aid from polluters if and when we see lawsuits brought up in international courts. Here the phrase “climate justice” comes to the fore once again. Here are more details on this study from the New York Times: Climate Change Made East African Drought 100 Times as Likely, Study Finds – The New York Times (nytimes.com) Climate Change Made East Africa’s Drought 100 Times as Likely, Study SaysThe findings starkly show the misery that the burning of fossil fuels, mostly by rich countries, inflicts on societies that emit almost nothing by comparison.A water well near the town of Kelafo in Ethiopia, one of the nations hit hardest by the drought.Credit…Eduardo Soteras/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Raymond Zhong April 27, 2023 Two and a half years of meager rain have shriveled crops, killed livestock and brought the Horn of Africa, one of the world’s poorest regions, to famine’s brink. Millions of people have faced food and water shortages. Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes, seeking relief. A below-normal forecast for the current rainy season means the suffering could continue. Human-caused climate change has made droughts of such severity at least 100 times as likely in this part of Africa as they were in the preindustrial era, an international team of scientists said in a study released Thursday. The findings starkly illustrate the misery that the burning of fossil fuels, mostly by wealthy countries, inflicts on societies that emit almost nothing by comparison.