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Facts and statistics may sometimes become hard to imagine. We might not understand the complicity of the thinning ice layer, or enlarging ozone hole when it seems to be an abstract concept – something very far away and incomprehensible.

The ongoing debate about Climate Change is something we’re experiencing daily. Numerous newspapers, social media accounts, journalists, and activists are trying really hard to gain our attention and understanding of this growing problem. Sometimes we may get lost in the labyrinth of names, terms, and dangers. United Nations prepared a brief guide, that may help us understand the complexity of this issue and become proactive.

The effects of climate change disproportionally impact different regions of the world, with people living in the countries of the Global South feeling those impacts more acutely. Listen to Magan Ali, an employee of Polish Humanitarian Action in Somalia, describe the climatic conditions the country faces.

Information about the climate crisis is now a part of everyday life, cropping up almost daily in the media, political debates, educational curricula, and in relation to activist endeavors. Questions about who is responsible for the situation we find ourselves in, and about how to implement potential solutions and mitigation, are a subject of controversy within some quarters of society. Who caused the crisis? Who is obligated to address it?