Climate, Crisis and Courage: A UN Podcast
Oct 2, 2026 · 39 min · 11 segments
This episode explores Climate, Peace and Security in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, where recurring drought, water scarcity and extreme weather…
Nazanine MoshiriHostRaphael BodewigHostMarwa Alam SafaGuestAfghanistan, where the Taliban is now effectively in control, including in the capital, Kabul.
The takeover of the city has triggered deadly scenes of panic at the airport as people desperately try to leave.
And fast
forward to today and Afghanistan is facing one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises and a deepening human rights crisis, of course, particularly to women and girls.
And as the search for the missing continues beneath the mud, more intense rainfall, combined with years of deforestation, has left mountainous regions like Nuristan increasingly exposed to deadly floods and landslides.
Droughts, floods, rising temperatures are damaging crops, livestock, water supplies around the country.
That means lost livelihoods, greater hunger, and for some families, displacement.
Precisely because these pressures are playing out after decades of conflict and amid a deep humanitarian crisis.
Afghanistan, where the Taliban is now effectively in control, including in the capital, Kabul.
The takeover of the city has triggered deadly scenes of panic at the airport as people desperately try to leave.
And fast
forward to today and Afghanistan is facing one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises and a deepening human rights crisis, of course, particularly to women and girls.
And as the search for the missing continues beneath the mud, more intense rainfall, combined with years of deforestation, has left mountainous regions like Nuristan increasingly exposed to deadly floods and landslides.
Droughts, floods, rising temperatures are damaging crops, livestock, water supplies around the country.
That means lost livelihoods, greater hunger, and for some families, displacement.
Precisely because these pressures are playing out after decades of conflict and amid a deep humanitarian crisis.
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