UN Climate Conference Falls Short in Funding Horn of Africa's Climate Crisis

The UN conference aimed at raising funds for over 30 million people in the Horn of Africa to cope with a major climate crisis and mass displacement after years of conflict raised less than $1 billion of the more than $5 billion organizers were hoping for, a major disappointment to aid agencies. The U.N. appealed for $7 billion this year to provide food and other humanitarian assistance for the three Horn of Africa countries – Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, and had only received $1.6 billion.