Jessica Faieta

Nov 7, 2024 | news.yale.edu | Mike Cummings |Jessica Faieta |Leon McCarron |Rebecca Adda-Dontoh

In March 2023, Rebecca Adda-Dontoh, the United Nations resident coordinator for Malawi, experienced firsthand the kind of destruction that may become more common as a result of climate change when Cyclone Freddy ravaged the southeastern African country. The powerful cyclone, the longest lasting on record, killed more than 1,400 people in Malawi and displaced 659,000 others. “Malawi is very vulnerable to climate change,” Adda-Dontoh said.