Zimbabwe: IPCC Fails to Tell Climate Change Story

THE donor-led approach to research on climate change in Africa, and Zimbabwe in particular, has thrown into question the periodical assessment reports by the UN's panel on climate change, widely considered the most authoritative body on the science.On March 31 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a section of its serialised Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) from Working Group II in Japan, highlighting a difficult future for Africa's agriculture, food security and even adaptation, due to rising climate risks.

The latest report drew input from over 300 scientists from across the world. The last assessment report was released in 2007.

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