With many news outlets posting solely about global powers like Russia and China, I was surprised to see that there was a climate catastrophe happening in Nigeria. NPR has reported that “The Nigerian Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Sadiya Umar Farouq said that as of Sunday 603 people died, 2,407 people have been injured and 1.3 million people have been displaced.” It is important to look at dangerous weather-related events like this, as well as how other countries and world powers react, especially because this is a direct correlation to climate change. Events like these will only be exacerbated if we continue to ignore global warming, and catastrophes like this one should be getting more attention. As for how the world powers and other actors reacted, NPR reported that “Farouq urged leaders in southern states lining the coast to evacuate people living along water channels and other areas that may block water flow,” but that many states simply did not reply, resulting in even worse devastation. This should be a wake-up-call, not just for the climate crisis, but also for the importance of world powers supporting each other and other states.
Libby Gardner
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/17/1129399669/nigeria-floods-death-toll
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