5 research outputs found
Africa
Africa is one of the lowest contributors to greenhouse gas
emissions causing climate change, yet key development sectors have already experienced widespread losses and damages attributable to human-induced climate change, including biodiversity loss, water shortages, reduced food production, loss of lives and reduced economic growth (high confidence1).//
Between 1.5°C and 2°C global warming—assuming localised
and incremental adaptation—negative impacts are projected
to become widespread and severe with reduced food
production, reduced economic growth, increased inequality
and poverty, biodiversity loss, increased human morbidity
and mortality (high confidence). Limiting global warming
to 1.5°C is expected to substantially reduce damages to
African economies, agriculture, human health, and ecosystems
compared to higher levels of global warming (high confidence).//
Exposure and vulnerability to climate change in Africa
are multi-dimensional with socioeconomic, political and
environmental factors intersecting (very high confidence).
Africans are disproportionately employed in climate-exposed sectors: 55–62% of the sub-Saharan workforce is employed in agriculture and 95% of cropland is rainfed. In rural Africa, poor and female-headed households face greater livelihood risks from climate hazards. In urban areas, growing informal settlements without basic services increase
the vulnerability of large populations to climate hazards, especially women, children and the elderly. //
Adaptation in Africa has multiple benefits, and most assessed adaptation options have medium effectiveness at reducing risks for present-day global warming, but their efficacy at future warming levels is largely unknown (high confidence)./