Climate change worsened Eastern Africa drought, scientists say

Nineteen scientists from seven nations assessed how climate change affected rainfall in the region

Somalis who have been displaced due to drought settle at a camp on the outskirts of Dollow in September 2022 (Jerome Delay/AP)

The ongoing drought in Eastern Africa has been made worse by human-induced climate change, which also made it much likelier to occur in the first place, an international team of climate scientists has concluded.

Wednesday’s report comes from World Weather Attribution, a group seeking to quickly determine whether certain extreme weather events were influenced by climate change.