Reports say, a new anticyclone that pushed into the region from north Africa on July 16 could lift temperatures above the record 48.8C (120F) seen in Sicily in August 2021. Although they are the least to blame for climate change, these nations will see a significant increase in the number of at-risk people in the coming decades. One-third of the world's droughts occur in sub-Saharan Africa, and Ethiopia and Kenya are enduring one of the worst in at least four decades. With mounting debt and limits to raising taxes, countries in sub-Saharan Africa will need grants and concessional finance. There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now, scientists have said in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2023 10:25 UTC