International Alert: From exclusion to leadership: how climate action is changing lives in Nigeria
The effects of climate change shape everyday life for Zainab, a mother of three from a small, largely agricultural community called Tunga, in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto state. Her family relies on income from her husband’s work as a farmer, which has become increasingly difficult in recent years. Changing rainfall patterns, increasing temperatures and declining agricultural productivity have increased economic pressures on their community. Despite its direct impact on her, Za
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