Climate Change and its Disastrous Impact in Africa

Climate change is happening now in Africa! This is substantiated by the occurrence of prolonged severe droughts and desertification, periodic flash or perennial devastating floods, melting of ice caps, sea-level rise and pest invasion as illustrated in Plate 1. In addition to these climatic hazards, the vulnerability of the African population to climate change is further aggravated by the presence of multiple debilitating factors including, topographic heterogeneity, prevalence of pre-existing climate-sensitive diseases and the low adaptative capacity of the vulnerable groups who lack reliable economic resource base.
Further temperature rise is projected in the African continent as well as more frequent cyclones in Eastern and Southern Africa. These events will lead to water crisis and desertification affecting food security and cascading into multiple interrelated adverse health and other impacts.

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