Items tagged:
Sierra Leone
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Untold stories: climate activism and the brutal realities of loss and damage
People in the least developed countries (LDCs) have done the least to cause the climate crisis. Yet they suffer its worst impacts. This online event saw activists in the Solomon Islands, Rwanda and Sierra Leone bring their unseen stories to life in a series of powerful animations
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Fire disaster makes more than 1,000 homeless in Freetown
A fierce fire in Susan’s Bay, Freetown, highlights the insecurity and lack of access to basic services faced by residents of Sierra Leone’s informal settlements
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Pushed past coping: IIED animation captures destruction of climate change loss and damage in Sierra Leone
IIED launches a new animation that describes the catastrophic impacts of loss and damage caused by climate change in Sierra Leone, as narrated by UN climate negotiator Gabriel Kpaka
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Demanding attention for the loss and damage from climate change
Blogs, briefings, animations and practical guidebooks are some ways IIED and partners are getting the injustice of climate change loss and damage recognised in policy spaces
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Loss and damage from climate change has pushed Sierra Leoneans far beyond their ability to adapt
Over the last 15 years, residents of Freetown, Sierra Leone have witnessed first-hand the escalating trail of destruction left in the wake of floods, sea rises, mudslides, landslides and more
