How are Afghans fighting climate change?

Climate change has been tightening its grip on the people of
Afghanistan, with flood after flood and drought after drought.
It’s considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the
world, not just because it’s warming twice as fast as the global
average, but because its people’s ability to fight back has been
severely hampered by decades of conflict and war. To add insult
to injury, Afghanistan has contributed very little to the
industrial emissions that fuel the global climate crisis.


Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, financial aid to help locals
adapt has drastically dropped, leaving Afghans to take matters
into their own hands. But presenters Graihagh Jackson and Barry
Sadid hear how the diaspora is helping villages back home to
build life-saving dams and protect themselves against extreme
weather. And we ask if there’s a way for foreign governments to
financially support Afghanistan without legitimizing the Taliban.


Experts include: Dr Orzala Nemat, Development Research Group LTD
Najib Sadid, an Afghan hydrologist based in Germany Naim Yosufi,
Project Manager for the Daikundi Irrigation Project Mohammad
Ayoub, Keil Mosque, Germany


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Producers: Jordan Dunbar and Barry Sadid from BBC Monitoring
Sound Engineers: Tom Brignell and Hal Haines Production
Coordinators: Debbie Richford, Sophie Hill, Brenda Brown Editor:
Simon Watts