[Watch] What does climate change look like in Africa?

This is the cost of inaction. This is the cost of carbon.

This video is part of a series released by the Climate Reality Project in the lead up to COP 21, the UN's climate talks in Paris.

The human impact of climate change follows residents that have felt the impact of climate change first-hand. The stories are heartfelt and devastating, but they need to be heard.

In Africa, we see how Somali refugees affected by drought and famine were forced to flee to Kenya just to survive. In Ghana, rising sea levels are driving residents of coastal villages further and further inland. And in Kenya, a lake that once provided fisherman with their livelihoods is rapidly drying up, driving political instability.

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