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Southern Africa: What 's Needed to Manage Rising Temperatures
The Conversation Africa, 10 October 2018
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a special report outlining what would need to be done to keep the world from warming up by more than 1.5°C. Read more »
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Comoros: 'Where There Was So Much, There Is So Little' - Comoros Battles Climate Change
UNEP, 8 October 2018
Farmers in the Comoros islands are learning, with the support of the UN, to adapt to dramatic shifts in the climate which have contributed to the deterioration of agriculture… Read more »
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Africa: Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC Approved by Governments
IPCC, 9 October 2018
Limiting global warming to 1.5ºC would require rapid, far- reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, the IPCC said in a new assessment. With clear benefits… Read more »
Time to Fight Climate Change is Running Out, UN Report Warns
A UN climate change expert panel said in a special report on Monday that the world needs to move much faster and more dramatically if global warming is to be contained to anything like the levels demanded by the 2015 Paris Agreement, designed to avert widespread disaster. Africa, with its long coastline, islands and low-lying areas, faces huge risks. Comoros is an example.
A farmer points to some of the banana trees dotting the steep hillsides in villages in Anjouan that used to burst with fruit but are struggling or dying due to changing weather and soil erosion.
