On Thursday, 27 February, the 10th European Union-African Union Commission-to-Commission meeting was held at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa.
As millions of people continue to be affected by the conflict in Nigeria’s Lake Chad region, European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič has announced a first emergency aid package of €26.5 million for 2020 whilst visiting north-east Nigeria.
Today the Commission adopted its initial annual humanitarian budget for 2020 worth €900 million. The EU is the leading global humanitarian aid donor and helps people in more than 80 countries. From protracted conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, to severe food crises, humanitarian crises are intensifying and putting aid delivery to those most in need at risk.
Societies worldwide have become more resilient to climate disasters but climate change is likely to result in an unprecedented rise in climate extremes.
