UN: Climate change threatens over 100 million people in Africa
24 October 2021 |
9:05 am
Africa accounts for less than 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, but is projected to be severely affected by climate change. A UN report said the continent's glaciers could all melt by the 2040s.
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