Kenya is still battling the effects of a five-year drought that began in 2020, with 1.8 million people currently facing acute food shortages and 179,000 at emergency-level hunger, according to a new report by ActionAid. The prolonged drought has also severely impacted Ethiopia and Somalia.

• Kenya's situation is dire despite recent rainfall, with alarmingly high malnutrition levels and projected increases in food assistance needs through 2025.
• The report, "Climate Finance for Just Transition: How the Finance Flows," by ActionAid, highlights that less than 3 percent of climate finance supports just transition initiatives.
• Arthur Larok, Secretary General of ActionAid International, emphasized that just transition approaches are "jaw-droppingly underfunded," risking deepened inequalities.