Nicaragua
Climate change impacts
It takes only forty days for the average Canadian to produce as much greenhouse gases as the average Nicaraguan will produce over the course of the entire year. Therefore, February 9th (forty days into the year) is "Climate Change Impacts in Nicaragua Day."
The most serious climate change impacts that are affecting Nicaragua are rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfalls, and drought. These issues put pressure on various sectors such as health, agriculture, and add to problems of water accessibility.
To read about the impact of climate change on the Miskito Indigenous People, read the Guardian article, Hope dries up for Nicaragua's Miskito.
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"'The summer now is winter,' says Howard Fernández, a farmer in the remote San Andrés de Bocay community in northeastern Nicaragua. 'April used to be summer, but it rained the entire month. In May - winter time - it doesn't rain. We listen to the thunder, we see the lightning that should let us know that the rain is coming, but it is not coming. Because of this climate change we are suffering the decrease of our farm's production.'"
For more details on these impacts, and what Oxfam is doing to help, see On the frontlines of climate change - Nicaragua's Miskitos people.
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