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AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)
ANALYSIS
2 December 2007
Posted to the web 3 December 2007
Washington, DC
Climate change is not just in the future. It is already having serious effects, says the latest UNDP Human Development Report.
Africa "has the lightest carbon footprint but is likely to pay the heaviest price in the coming century for human-induced climate change." Meanwhile, Texas, with a population of 23 million, produces more carbon emissions than the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, with 720 million people.
This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains a brief summary of the new report, from http://allafrica.com, and excerpts from two short notes provided by the UNDP, one a summary on Africa and the other a note on Mozambique's forward-looking disaster planning.
The entire report, as well as numerous shorter press releases and case studies, is available on-line at
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008/press
Another AfricaFocus Bulletin sent out today contains excerpts from the Africa chapter of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Both reports were released last month in time for the UN Climate Change Conference, scheduled for Bali, Indonesia, 3-14 December 2007. Both reports stress the need not only to slow climate change but only to prepare for the effects that are already visible and certain to increase.
Previous AfricaFocus Bulletins on climate change issues include:
Africa: Neglecting Agriculture, 2
http://www.africafocus.org/docs07/ag0710b.php
Sahel: Beyond Any Drought?
http://www.africafocus.org/docs07/sah0709.php
Africa: Up in Smoke?
http://www.africafocus.org/docs06/clim0611.php
Africa: Economics of Climate Change
http://www.africafocus.org/docs06/ster0611.php
Africa: Environmental Threats/Opportunities
http://www.africafocus.org/docs06/unep0609.php
Africa: Africa's Lakes
http://www.africafocus.org/docs06/lake0609.php
East Africa: Dams and Lake Victoria
http://www.africafocus.org/docs06/vic0602.php
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"No Easy Victories" Conversation and Celebration
Washington, DC, Busboys & Poets, December 8, 2007, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Sponsored by Busboys & Poets, TransAfrica Forum, AFSC Africa Program, Africa World Press, and the editors of No Easy Victories.
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For more details:
http://www.noeasyvictories.org/nev_events.php
To read excerpts or to order book:
http://www.noeasyvictories.org
Climate Change Threatens Continent
27 November 2007
By John Allen Cape Town
The carbon emissions of developed countries threaten to devastate sub-Saharan Africa in the coming decades, says a major United Nations report issued today.
This year's Human Development Report, commissioned by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), says if the world does not act against climate change within 10 years, a two-degree Celsius temperature increase could:
generate massive agricultural losses, of up to U.S. $26 million by 2060, a figure higher than all the bilateral aid to the region in 2005;
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make an extra 600 million people go hungry; and
The debate is over; all we now see is propaganda articles. Political propaganda is NOT science. UK court says Gore is a fraud. August 2007 Update: Man-made Catastrophic Global Warming Not True. Unfortunately, Hansen is a political hack of George Soros. Further, flawed NASA Global Warming data paid for by George Soros. In order to be an intelligent reader you must have a basic knowledge. Please do your own homework; a starting point http://www.InteliOrg.com/ Remember CONSENSUS is NEVER science it’s always a POLITICAL STATEMENT (Party Line).
My name is Kenneth Schustereit. I live in Victoria, Texas. I am frankly puzzled about this article talking about Texas having more carbon emmissions than all of subSaharan Africa! Have you ever considered that Texas alone produces more gross national product than all of subSaharan Africa? Have you ever considered that Texas produces more food stuffs for export that all of subSaharan Africa? More private aid dollars have come from Texas to the continent of Africa than any other state and most other countries! My own church has sent more real material aid to Tanzania than any other church in... [Read Full Text]
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