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Climate Change- Case Study-
Africa
- Vulnerable to the impacts of climate
change- dry areas are getting drier and
wetter areas are getting wetter.
- Poor people have reduced
capacity to cope and are less
prepared to respond to the
impacts of climate change.
- Fertile land becomes unstable for agriculture
this decrease agricultural production causing
unemployment and starvation
- Improved conditions for malaria to spread
so cost of health care and lack of tourism
means that economy is put under strain
- reduced growing period so decreases agricultural production tropical areas are experiencing longer growing periods
- areas facing more erratic climate with droughts then flooding the next year.
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