Impacts of Climate Change

1. During this century Africa is more than likely to keep warming. The amount for it to warm up is projected to be more greater than the global average throughout the continent during all of the seasons. It is also projected that the amount of rainfall to decrease throughout the continent. The vegetation along with ocean temperate helps determine what the projected climate will be. The following is the previous and the projected temperatures broken down by region.
                                    
 

http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch11s11-2-3.html

 2) It is projected that by year 2020 there will be 75 million to 250 million people that are exposed to an increased amount of water stress, which is created by the increase in temperatures and climate changes. Also due to climate changes the amount of food available is going to decrease even more as the hotter it is th tougher it is to grow produce. The newest studies is projected that Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents for climate changes because of multiple factors and the low capability to adapt to the projected changes.

3) The lack of ability for Africa to adapt to changes forces it to be one of the most vulnerable continents to climate changes. The lack of infrastructure and technology and limited access to capital and just development challenges as a whole impact the ability that Africa has o strive to keep up with the climate changes. While farmers have come up with ways to adapt to the current changes in climate it will be very difficult for the country to continue to adapt with the economical system that is currently in place. Due to this the agricultural production and safety of food will be compromised in the future. The health of the people living in this continent is already a concern and that concern will only continue to grow seeing how the living conditions are not projected to get better and instead are being projected to provide for a harder life.
The following graph will show how food and nutrition is impacted and is intertwined with the climate change and food security.


http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg2/en/ch9s9-6.html#9-6-1


4) The threat of rising sea level for Africa is real and will be causing a great big damage if or when it happens. With 1m of rise in sea level it is estimated that this will cause about $250 million in damages and possibly flood all of the current infrastructure that is being produced. the sea level rising is threatening the low barrier breeches and if a rise occurs can create over topping and even destruction to land. The climate changes for this continent are extremely real and need to be addressed quickly and this continent needs help from surrounding countries.
    The risk that this country will not be able to change with the climate change is a very real and scary situation. As the citizens of this country need to survive and the ability to do so is not improving. The amount of diseases is only increasing and with the change in climate there is a risk of new diseases to arouse. If new diseases come about the ability to make a cure is even lower as it is hard enough right now for the country to better it's citizens. With such a weak economic system it is difficult for the country to grow and continue to adapt with the every changing world.