A girl fetches water in an internally displaced persons camp for people whose coastal homes have been eroded away. Saint Louis, Senegal, November 4, 2021. Leo Correa / AP
The climate threat|Global challenges
Coastal residents in Senegal are forced into climate refugee camps
The Senegalese coastal city of Saint Louis is shrinking as the sea rises. Hadi Sar is one of hundreds who have seen their homes literally torn apart by the sea and been forced to move to a climate refugee camp inland.
- When I was a child, we swam in the sea every morning. Our children will not be able to do that, she tells NPR.
Hadi Sar says that previous generations of coastal residents used to move temporarily when the water rose for a period. She doesn't think she'll ever be able to return.
- The sea remains.
Experts warn that the same fate awaits tens of thousands in the region unless global warming is slowed.
On Thursday, Senegal signed an agreement with a group of rich countries that will give the country 2.5 billion euros in grants to switch to 40 percent renewable energy by 2030.
Woman in Beijing on Thursday. Mark Schiefelbein / AP
The heat wave in Asia
Still above 40 degrees - Beijing issues "code red"
Authorities in Beijing on Friday upgraded their hot weather warning to "red", the highest warning on a four-point scale. The Chinese capital has recorded temperatures above 40 degrees two days in a row, which has never happened before.
The country's weather authority states that the heat wave is expected to persist for the next eight to ten days, writes Reuters.
Both Beijing and the port city of Tianjin had temperatures of over 41 degrees on Thursday. Local authorities have urged residents to stay indoors and to drink more than 1.5 liters of water per day.
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