North Africa
North Africa
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report: What’s in it for North Africa?
This factsheet highlights:
- How North Africa’s climate is already changing
- North Africa’s future climate
- Climate change impacts we have already seen in North Africa
- Future climate risks in North Africa
- North Africa’s potential to adapt
- Key investment areas for a climate-resilient North Africa
Explore the factsheet, along with free-to-use images and infographics, below.
The ability of southern African communities and sectors to pursue effective adaptation options to the full is constrained by lack of finance.
KEY: (A) Number of days per year with severe heat stress in the historical climate (1985–2014). (B and C) Increase in the number of days per year with severe heat stress for global warming of 1.5°C and 3.75°C above pre-industrial levels (1850–2100). Heat stress is estimated using a high Temperature Humidity Index value (Livestock Weather Safety Index).
In one estimate, African countries’ GDP per capita was on average 13.6% lower over the period 1991–2010, compared to if human induced climate change had not occurred.
With every increment of global warming, the risk of biodiversity loss and species’ extinction increases across Africa.
The Earth’s average surface temperature is expected to reach or surpass 1.5°C of warming above preindustrial times (1850–1900) in the near term (up to 2040), according to the IPCC’s most recent assessment.
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