Africa's climate emergency: Hotspots and what needs to happen to avoid a climate crisis? | DW News

A landmark UN climate report says there is no doubt that human activities are contributing to raising the global surface temperature. The report shows that efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have been insufficient over the past decades. And the earth is now warmer than it’s been in thousands of years. Africa remains the most vulnerable continent despite contributing the least to greenhouse gas emissions. Across the continent, Climate Change, felt through recurring floods and droughts is producing millions of refugees each year.

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[mnyomb]

Well, he has elaborated it very well but as usual, leaders' work is to speak but no action, just empty words.

[ezradamie]

Ethiopia is planting billions of trees every year. Kenya and other east African countries should join her

[schiffelers]

It is sad how many people are suffering from the greed that is in the governments in every nation and country.
It is just sad, I feel for the victims in all nation of this.

[njugunamaina]

Fortunately Kenya and East Africa is predicted to become wetter with climate change. Maybe we can use that rainfall increase to reclaim more arid areas into forest

[justbe]

Oil companies are blocking the efforts. Call them out!

[beyondspace]

To avoid it we should make sure we are able to produce food, have clean water and shelter. Done. You can't change the climate.

[greenway]

It is the responsibility of all of us, we should plant more and more trees.

[TheBestWayOne]

Plant trees and stop cutting down hard woods

[TheTeaParty]

I blame uncontrolled population growth in television advertisements. Right in the middle of Game of Thrones, the advertisement comes up and one quickly adjourns to the bedroom for a quickie before the show begins again. Imagine this happening several times a night, this will surely risk a population explosion.

[carolineleiden]

On satellite images it is visible that Africa is becoming greener.

[vergelab]

good interview of man in blue, he speaks truth

[PtolemyJones]

Time has run out, quite awhile ago. We can't avoid a climate crisis, we are well into one.

[dragonzbay]

Thx DW, excellent reporting! What it takes to reach out to the least of the least is what it takes to enhance the lives of everyone else!

[francismaulas]

🥺🥺🥺hope every nation and its people will help each other for the solution in global warming

[peter.mwaura]

Images of starving fellow country people unfortunately 😕 is common 😑.

[JohnBrown-sedt]

So you people think that is Mother Nature doing that that is the ends of men wicked men.

[schiffelers]

Lets talk about the corruption in Africa? That is what the African people talk about that are stuck!
But no, we stutter and bumble our words as the person who is supposed to help and be a key figure.
Politicizing it and doing the blame game. Also there are nation outside of Africa that had it worse, for years; Sinking Island nations etc.
No solutions given, only pointing fingers in other directions. Sad, very sad. Many people will die and be displaced. As predicted.

[aoikemono]

Says Africa contributes the least to climate change. Proceeds to badger the guy from Africa about not having renewable energy production or doing anything to stop climate change. 😂

[piotrwojdelko]

Europe not producing Co2 as much as Africa or Russia .Europe is alone in their affort .For climate change should pay Russia and Arabi Saudi or Norway the beneficilas countries of global warming, who claimed the most of global warming

[KarlFredrik]

Main problem isn't global warming but population growth.