Although Africa only contributes 4% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, the UN meteorological agency warns that it suffers the impact of climate change above the global average, such as rising temperatures and rise in sea level.
The UN meteorological agency, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has warned that the last African glaciers will melt by 2040. Yes OK Africa only contributes 4% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, the region suffers the impact of climate change above the global average, as in rising temperatures and rising sea levels.
The last moutains still covered by glaciers on the continent of Africa are the massif of the Mount kenya (Kenya), Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda) and the Monte Kilimanjaro (Tanzania).
According the report “State of the climate in Africa 2020”, presented ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, the impact of climate-related disasters is also growing, consequently, in the form of floods, landslides and droughts.
Climate disasters affect, according to the WMO, an increasing number of people, causing more poverty, greater food insecurity and more forced displacement.
The agency estimates that it will cost $ 30-50 billion a year to adapt sub-Saharan Africa to climate change, but warns that the effects of not taking action would be even greater.
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