{"id":19544,"date":"2022-07-27T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T16:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/global-warming-and-human-security-in-africa"},"modified":"2022-07-27T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T16:36:14","slug":"global-warming-and-human-security-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/global-warming-and-human-security-in-africa","title":{"rendered":"Global Warming and Human Security in Africa!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The last decade was the warmest on record, part of a multi-decade trend. Last year, the average temperature for Africa hovered around 1.2\u00b0C above the 1981-2010 average. African countries within 15 degrees of the equator are projected to experience an increase in frequency of heat waves. In Central Africa, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and the coastal areas of northern Angola and DRC, already see on average 8-10 heat waves per year. In East Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Kenya\u2014and the Atlantic coast of South Africa\u2014are also experiencing an increasing frequency of heat waves.<\/p>\n

According to the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC), human-created global warming has caused an increase in extreme weather events\u2014from heavy rainfall causing flooding and stronger storms in equatorial countries and parts<\/p>\n

of East Africa\u2014to increased drought in the Sahel and southern Africa. The incidence of natural disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa has increased at a faster pace than the rest of the world. Compared to the 1970s, the frequency of droughts<\/p>\n

has nearly tripled, storms have quadrupled, and floods increased tenfold. As a result, 20 percent of the floods and more than one-third of the droughts recorded globally over the past decade have been in Sub-Saharan Afric<\/p>\n

According to the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC), human- created global warming has caused an increase in extreme weather events\u2014from heavy rainfall causing flooding and stronger storms in equatorial countries and parts<\/p>\n

of East Africa\u2014to increased drought in the Sahel and southern Africa. The incidence of natural disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa has increased at a faster pace than the rest of the world. Compared to the 1970s, the frequency of droughts<\/p>\n

has nearly tripled, storms have quadrupled, and floods increased tenfold. As a result, 20 percent of the floods and more than one-third of the droughts recorded globally over the past decade have been in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n

Africa\u2019s only three mountains with glaciers, all in East Africa, will likely see \u201ctotal deglaciation\u201d by the 2040s\u2014Mt. Kenya perhaps a decade earlier.<\/p>\n

At a 2\u00b0C increase, southern Africa is set to become 5 to 10 percent drier as increasing drought frequency and number of heat waves cause reductions in the volume of the Zambezi Basin. According to Professor Fran\u00e7ois Engelbrecht, one of<\/p>\n

Africa\u2019s leading climatologists, \u201cMulti-year droughts are the number-one climate change risk that South Africa faces in a changing climate.\u201d At a 3\u00b0C increase, the western Sahel region is expected to experience the strongest<\/p>\n

drying, with a significant increase in the maximum length of dry spells. Central Africa would see a decrease in the length of wet spells and an increase in heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n

The impact will be especially severe in Africa where many households depend on weather-sensitive activities, such as rain-fed agriculture, herding and fishing, for their livelihoods. Biodiversity losses and ecosystem degradation as a result of drought and unpredictable rainfall will affect the quality of the soil and vegetation. Increased incidents of floods will continue to negatively affect agricultural livelihoods (e.g., through seed loss, crop damage, and livestock morbidity and<\/p>\n

mortality), leaving communities more vulnerable. Under a warming of 2\u00b0C, the World Bank forecasts a 10 percent decrease in crop yields across Sub-Saharan Africa by the 2050s. Land Pressure and Displacement Intensification of production on existing agricultural lands to fill \u201cyield gaps\u201d is a threat to the environment through the potential overuse of regional water resources and ecosystems. Likewise, the expansion of agriculture into \u201cnew\u201d lands often<\/p>\n

threatens local and regional ecosystems. Growing land pressure can lead to displacement and the escalation of existing tensions between communities. Lake Chad\u2014which is a lifeline for some 30 million people in Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon\u2014has shrunk by over 90% since the 1960s due to climate change, a growing population, and unmanaged irrigation. Evaporation of the lake has only<\/p>\n

accelerated as it gets shallower. The loss of livelihoods has coincided with increased criminality and migration to urban centers. There are an estimated 18 million seasonal migrant workers in Africa, of which 80 percent work in sectors such as agriculture, mining, and fishing.<\/p>\n

Guest Editorial<\/b><\/p>\n

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