Conor Kelly, who is from Clane, Co Kildare, moved to Malawi in 2019 to work as Trocaire's programme manager in the country. The charity says that 2.3 million people have limited access to food and more than 3.8 million people - or 20% of the population - face critical food insecurity.
"I do think there’s a need for more urgency around some of the work we’re doing around reducing our emissions, making more commitments around climate financing and showing more empathy. I think that’s something people would like to see more of, that empathy and understanding of their issues and taking responsibility."
"It's also causing people to move, more areas in the south are no longer possible to live in so people have to move. If you look in certain areas where there never used to be malaria, there now is because temperatures are increasing. These things don't happen overnight, they happen over time." "Cyclone Freddy which hit Malawi in February 2023 caused a dire food shortage as most people lost their livelihoods. The drought and floods are also affecting people’s access to clean water, which also has a knock-on effect on agriculture. These are the current lived impacts of climate change."