Kenya's Lake Turkana is expanding rapidly despite four failed rainy seasons, devastating livelihoods.
Kenya's Lake Turkana is expanding rapidly despite four failed rainy seasons, devastating the livelihoods of pastoralists hit by the effects of man-made climate change, reports BBC Newsnight's Joe Inwood.
It is estimated that it has expanded by more than 10% over the last decade, swallowing up around 800 sq km of land. "It might even fail again next year, which will have pushed people to the point of complete collapse." "What's happening here is an ecosystem that's undergoing change due to theseextremes. A few years ago we had more rainfall than we've had in decades. That rain would normally filter through the ecosystem slowly, but that is changing because of environmental degradation."
"Food prices have skyrocketed," says Mrs Lomojong, who lives in a village just outside the camp. "One kilogramme of maize flour is 120 Kenyan shillings [$1; £0.90], but when you cook it's not enough for the family. Some of us go to sleep hungry."
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