Climate action is needed to reach AU Agenda of 2063.
Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and more extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa, according to a new report devoted exclusively to the continent.
The State of the Climate in Africa 2019 report, a multi-agency publication coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), provides a snapshot of current and future climate trends and associated impacts on the economy and sensitive sectors like agriculture.
It highlights lessons for climate action in Africa and identifies pathways for addressing critical gaps, (WMO findings)
Climate change is having a growing impact on the African continent, hitting the most vulnerable hardest, and contributing to food insecurity, population displacement and stress on water resources.
In recent months we have seen devastating floods, an invasion of desert locusts and now face the looming spectre of drought because of a La Niña event.
This is our mother homeland. No one will come from far boundaries to act for us, it's us for our self. Let be best actors only to start by planting trees as the first approach.
