The science is unequivocal.

It is all-too clear that the world is seeing rising temperatures and more frequent and intense extreme weather events.

MSF is witnessing how these environmental changes impact fundamental issues like access to food and water.

And how this, in turn, impacts people’s health.

In Somalia, we have witnessed firsthand the effects of these extreme weather conditions.

Intense and frequent floods, droughts and desert locust swarms combined have disrupted food security and diminished livelihoods.

If climate change continues as projected, diminished food production and reduced nutritional quality can threaten to increase the risk of undernutrition, especially amongst children.

This increased competition for scarce resources exacerbates tensions and regional violence.

We run a hunger gap program in southern Somalia, which aims to prevent and address acute malnutrition.

Our teams have also initiated three emergency responses to treat children suffering malnutrition and are addressing critical water shortages.

In the years to come we will only see ever growing disruptions to food production systems.

These public health threats are interlinked, and cannot be addressed in half-measures or in isolation.