We need to take all remedial measures to avoid becoming 'environmental refugees’. Rising temperatures and extreme climate events contribute to the spread of diseases such as malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia. With drought, agriculture -24 per cent of our the crop yield is reduced and supplies are depleted. Unprecedented heavy rains gave way in July 2010 to devastating floods. The initial death toll was approximately 1,600 people, but many more are unaccounted for.