Africa's glaciers to melt, millions of poor face drought, floods, UN says


  • World
  • Tuesday, 19 Oct 2021

FILE PHOTO: Mount Kenya is seen from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia national park, Kenya, May 22 , 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face immanent drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could also shave 3% off continental GDP by mid-century, the U.N. climate agency warned on Tuesday.

The latest report on the state of Africa's climate by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), partnered with African Union agencies, paints a dire picture of the continent's ability to adapt to increasingly frequent weather disasters.

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