‘Fingerprints of climate change are everywhere’ - There's still there hope that COP26 will deliver a powerful pact for action
The report was commissioned by the Centre for Environmental Rights for the African Climate Alliance, groundWork and the Vukani Environmental Movement in Action as part of its #CancelCoal campaign.
There is no scientific doubt that the climate of the region is becoming warmer, the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases is increasing and the sea level surrounding the continent is rising on the back of the global burning of fossil fuels and land transformation, according to the report. “The capacity to perform manual labour outdoors decreases dramatically as the occurrence of heat waves increases.
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