A recent report on the impact of climate change in Africa has concluded that if temperatures continue to rise, Africa could be in trouble. No shit, Sherlock.
The report itself is intended as preliminary reading material for this week’s Regional Conference for Africa. It covers quite a broad range of material and some of it makes interesting reading. There are obligatory references to economics and production that often make my blood boil – climate change is NOT about reductions in GDP, it’s about the unnecessary degradation of the environment and the potential ecological and food crises that could result – but once you get beyond that there’s some interesting information there.
I’m going to read through it and try and summarise it over the next few blog posts.
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