Africa - Climate Change

Africa - Climate Change

1. Positive Imact

   • Global warming means that tropical areas are experiencing longer growing periods, they may financially benefit from better agricultural conditions.

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3. Vulnerability

   • Poor people have a reduced capacity to cope e.g. substinence farmers.
   • Poorer countries are less able to prepare for and respond to impacts of climate change
   • Political turmoil can mean that appropriate responses aren't made making the impacts of climate change worse.

4. NegatiVe Impacts

   • Conditions have improved for mosquitoes that spread malaria, costs of health care mean the economy is put under strain and prevented from growing.
   • Global warming is causing more erratic climates e.g Mozambique experienced drought in 1995 and flooding in 2000.
   • Global warming has caused desertification - fertile land becomes unusable. Major problem in the Sahel Region.
   • Global Warming has caused a reduced growing period in some areas, decreasing agricultural production, agriculture in the Sahel Region forms around 70% of the employment.
     • Leads to more unemployment, poverty, malnourishment and starvation.

5. The whole continent of Africa is getting warmer, around 0.5degreesC in the last century.

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