'Unavoidable climate change will in future cost Africa at least 26 billion US dollars a year leaving millions of people suffering from hunger, diseases, floods and water shortages, a new study has warned.
According to the report titled The economic cost of climate change in Africa the costs are likely to be ‘significantly worse’ if action to combat the negative effects of the crisis are not taken.
The report released in Nairobi Wednesday by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), comes only just four days before the much anticipated climate change conference kicks off in Copenhagen, Denmark...
The Economic Cost of Climate Change in Africa, says that a rise of four degrees would be likely to cost Africa at least $155bn which is 10 per cent of its GDP.
It would increase the number of people at risk of hunger by 55 million and leave up to 600 million more people than at present affected by water shortages.'
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