{"id":23796,"date":"2020-02-26T18:28:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T23:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=23796"},"modified":"2020-02-26T18:28:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T23:28:23","slug":"climate-change-and-how-it-is-affecting-the-continent-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/climate-change-and-how-it-is-affecting-the-continent-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change and How this Environmental Challenge is Affecting Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Sam Abuya <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his publication with the Financial Times titled \u201cClimate change is the apartheid of our time<\/a>\u201d , the Archbishop emeritus and Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu<\/a> equated climate change to apartheid that hit South Africa for many years. He said, \u201dapartheid became a global enemy; now it is climate change\u2019s turn\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no doubt that climate change has adversely affected sustainable progress globally affecting many areas including but not limited to ecosystems, coastal zones, human growth, food, water resources, health and industrial activities to mention a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several studies have indicated that climate change has the\npotential to reverse a lot of the progress which has been achieved in relation\nto attaining the Millennium Development Goals (SDGs) around the world, and\nAfrica is not an exception. If anything, actually, Africa is among the\ncontinents that have been hit hard by climate change with its effects hitting\nthe economies, human lives and the environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case studies: Kenya and Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenya<\/a> is already feeling the heat as far as the effects of climate change are concerned. The recurrent floods, extended droughts seasons, and unpredictable weather patterns attest to this fact. People have very few coping mechanisms to cushion themselves against these effects. For instance, the overreliance on rain-fed agriculture, dependence on natural resources which are equally affected, poor housing and few resource reserves make the lives of people in this East African country hard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warming water surfaces and deep water temperatures of Lake Victoria, coral bleach seen along the Indian Ocean as well at the Red Sea have been termed as evidence of climate change effects in the East Africa region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In West Africa, the climate has been changing as well with increasing temperatures, rising sea level, variable rainfall and flooding, prolonged drought seasons and desertification, and land degradation have been cited as evidence of climate change. These effects have been recorded in Nigeria<\/a>. The droughts, in particular, are expected to even continue in northern Nigeria thanks to falling precipitation and increase in temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lake Chad and other water bodies in the region are drying up\nand are said to be facing the risk of disappearing thanks to climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In general, the continent of Africa is considered to be more\nvulnerable to climate change effects than any other region in the world,\nsomething which hugely attributed to lack institutional, technological and\nfinancial capacity to fight it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following are just a few of the many ways in which climate change is already having a toll on Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Impact on the ecosystem<\/strong> <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Climate change has already affected the freshwater bodies\nand ecosystems in the eastern and southern parts of Africa. The terrestrial\necosystem along the southern and western Africa has not been spared either. This\nhas also led to a change in the animals\u2019 migration patterns, and geographical\nrange as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Impact on weather patterns<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Long gone are the days when people were so sure of weather patterns and they could correctly predict the seasons. Nowadays, several countries across the continent are hit with unpredictable floods and droughts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Photo courtesy.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In 2001, for instance, more than 800 people lost their lives\nduring a flooding in northern Algeria in what has remained to be one of the\nworst incidents of flooding in Africa. The economic loss due to the flood was\npegged at $400 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Between the end of 2011 and mid 2012, East Africa was hit\nwith the worst ever drought in the region in a period of 60 years. Several lives\nand animals were lost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Impact on the supply of water <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Drying up of water bodies, change in the rainfall distribution\npatterns; melting glaciers, flooding and droughts are just a few of the\nobservable effects of climate change on water resources across Africa. For example,\nriver Niger, which many people in Mali depend on for food and water as well as\ntransport, is currently facing environmental devastation due to pollution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The glaciers at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, on the other hand, are slowly but surely disappearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    A photo demonstrating the melting of glaciers at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Photo courtesy.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    4. Impact on food and agriculture<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One effect of climate change in Africa literally leads to the other. Droughts and floods, for instance, are a major cause of crop failure<\/a> and massive reduction of crop yields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Massive crop failure due to prolonged drought. Photo courtesy. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Livestock productivity has also been greatly reduced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Photo courtesy of wphna.org<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    5. Impact on human health and shelter <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The developing countries, including those in Africa, have\nregistered huge cases of climate-sensitive diseases. Lack of food has led to\nmalnutrition in some of these countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Floods and prolonged droughts have, on the other hand, caused destruction of hundreds of thousands of homes, villages and shelters across the continent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    A photo showing a flooded village. Photo courtesy.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Droughts have forced people to flee from their original homes in search of food and water, either for themselves or for their livestock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Much as the future of Africa in relation to climate change may look really bleak, it is not really late to reverse these effects. Government, the private sectors, institutions and other stakeholders need to pull their efforts, resources and expertise together to combat climate change. And, that can be done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sam Abuya is Africa Global News<\/a>‘ Nairobi-based Editor-in-Chief<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Sam Abuya In his publication with the Financial Times titled \u201cClimate change is the apartheid of our time\u201d , the Archbishop emeritus and Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu equated climate change to apartheid that hit South Africa for many years. He said, \u201dapartheid became a global enemy; now it is climate change\u2019s turn\u201d. 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