Mogadishu – Somalia is on the frontline of the global climate crisis, and its people are paying the highest price, as per the latest joint report from the Somali government and United Nations.

In their joint projections, the Somali government and the United Nations warns that at least 4.4 million Somalis will face acute food insecurity by the end of 2025 — up from 3.4 million today — largely due to increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather patterns.

Somalia has endured a relentless cycle of climate shocks. A historic five-season drought wiped out crops and livestock across vast rural regions, only to be followed by flash floods triggered by intense rains.

The rapid succession of droughts and floods has left farmers with no time to recover, eroding livelihoods and deepening poverty. Pastoralist communities, once resilient through mobility, now find grazing lands barren or submerged.

“Somalia is experiencing the consequences of climate change more sharply than most nations, despite contributing almost nothing to global emissions,” said a UN climate and food security expert in Mogadishu. “This is not just a humanitarian emergency — it is a climate justice issue.”

The government is calling for increased investment in climate adaptation solutions, including drought-resistant agriculture, flood protection systems, and renewable energy for rural areas. Aid agencies stress that emergency food assistance alone will not be enough unless resilience and sustainability are prioritized.

With one in four Somalis projected to go hungry, Somalia’s crisis is a stark reminder: climate change is no longer a distant threat — it is already dismantling lives.