Monday 9 November 2020

Yemen's ancient clay city under threat

 Climate change has another victim in the form of devastating floods which threaten an ancient city, including what is said to be the world's oldest skyscraper. 

Why, the person in the street asks, should funds be directed at saving buildings when what is needed is to save lives in the humanitarian disaster which is Yemen today? The answer is that we can, and should, do both. The needless proxy war, fuelled by weaponry and ammunition from the UK among others, should be brought to an end in order for reconstruction - social and physical - to begin.

 

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