Published 23 August 2021 at 20.08
Media. The Taliban managed to seize power in Afghanistan thanks to the “climate crisis”, according to SVT's climate correspondent Erika Bjerström.
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In an analysis on SVT's website, Erika Bjerström points out that Afghanistan is “the sixth most climate-vulnerable country in the world”.
“The Taliban have benefited from this when they overthrew the country “Unemployment, internal refugee waves, famine and child marriage have fragmented people's resilience,” she writes. , “with increasing drought, floods, landslides and hotter temperatures as a result”.
But “it is not hopeless”, states the SVT profile: “Over the past 20 years, major environmental efforts have been made in Afghanistan and environmental awareness has grown in the country. “
Now the question is what the Taliban will pursue for climate policy, according to Erika Bjerström.
” It is not known how the new Taliban regime views the climate issue or food supply , not even if the Taliban think k to the negotiating table at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. If they show up, it will offer a real diplomatic dilemma for the UN. “