La Guajira, a dusty but spartanly beautiful region in Colombia's desert north is in the grips of a crisis. Climate change, desertification and water shortages have combined to create a perfect storm for the local rural community: a drought so severe some places did not feel a drop of rain for three years writes LAURA DIXON
… of climate change, drought and rising food prices Laura Dixon - La Guajira Colombia | 17th … once a week. Everything they have to buy - rice, oil, sugar - had become more expensive …