Issued on: 29/10/2021 -
A few days ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, #COP26, new testimony from #Mali has laid bare how #climate risks threaten communities in conflict zones. Eighty kilometres from Timbuktu, around #LakeFaguibine, which has been evaporating since the 1970s, sand dunes have replaced vast expanses of water and farmland. For the six lakeside villages, the consequences have been dramatic: fishing is a thing of the past and inhabitants are left with no choice but to leave. © Juliette Montilly
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