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Home > Africa: Continent pays price for climate change

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Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 03:00
Categories: 
Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
304 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Rising temperatures in Africa are blamed for droughts, floods and storms while the continent's fabled wildlife is struggling to adapt to shifting ecosystems that could lead to mass extinctions. Scientists say Africa -- the world's poorest continent -- is already paying a high price for global climate change and must now figure out what it can do itself to slow the transformation.

Category: 
Land & Environment [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/environment/41468 [5]

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