Climate crisis causes meltdown of Africa’s three mountain glaciers - Mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro and the Rwenzori mountains are all retreating faster than the global mean
and climate events such as floods and droughts, triggering mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement.
for sub-Saharan Africa will cost between $30-billion to $50-billion each year over the next decade, or roughly 2% to 3% of GDP. The rates of sea-level rise along the tropical and South Atlantic coasts and Indian Ocean coast are higher than the global mean rate, at about 3.6mm a year and 4.1mm a year, respectively.
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