By AFPMore by this AuthorNiamey,The Sahel, the vast region that stretches along the Sahara's southern rim from the Atlantic to the Red Sea, is on the front line of climate change. According to the UN's expert group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), agricultural yields are likely to fall by 20 percent per decade in some parts of the Sahel by the end of the century. There has been a massive rural exodus in recent years, although exactly how many of those fleeing the countryside are doing so because of climate change, or because of poverty and jihadist violence, remains unknown. In February, 17 Sahel countries set down a plan to invest $400 billion (350 billion euros) in fighting climate change by 2030. The scheme would earmark $1.3 billion in projects to limit greenhouse-gas emissions and help adaptation to climate change.

Source: Daily Nation December 05, 2019 11:48 UTC