United Against Climate Change

According to the State of the Climate Report 2022, “Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions but is suffering disproportionately from climate change. This is harming food security, ecosystems and economies, fueling displacement and migration and worsening the threat of conflict over dwindling resources.” Moreover, the same report of 2023 paints a very dark picture of the challenges arising from the damaging trend of climate change:

“Globally, annual economic losses from climate- and weather-related disasters have increased since the 2000s. Between 2007 and 2022, 88 post-disaster needs assessment surveys conducted in 60 countries worldwide showed that over 65% of losses caused by droughts occur in the agriculture sector, including crop and livestock production losses. For floods, storms and cyclones, about 20% of losses are in agriculture.”

As one of the guiding principles of SIT is leveraging the unity of purpose to address common problems by turning them into “common wealth,” partnerships particularly in the areas of smart agriculture has begun.