Sierra Leone Climate Change

Sierra Leonean children in their school in Port Loko - a district neighbouring the capital Freetow. They are already living with the consequences of climate change: many were living on mangoes rather than rice as their main meal because this year's rice harvest had failed due to the rains, their schooling is being disrupted whenever the heavy rains make their river crossing to get to school impossibly dangerous.

These children have done the least to cause the dangerous climate change impacts we all face. Sierra Leone's per capita carbon dioxide emissions are just 0.2 tonnes per capita - 55 times lower than the UK's 11.2 tonnes per capita. And yet these children are already having to deal with the consequences.

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[sierra19901]

'You people in the first world, can you replace the ozone layer?" lol, that a brilliant question.