Climate Change- Case Study- Africa

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Climate Change- Case Study- Africa
  1. Vulnerable to the impacts of climate change- dry areas are getting drier and wetter areas are getting wetter.
    1. Poor people have reduced capacity to cope and are less prepared to respond to the impacts of climate change.
      1. Fertile land becomes unstable for agriculture this decrease agricultural production causing unemployment and starvation
        1. Improved conditions for malaria to spread so cost of health care and lack of tourism means that economy is put under strain
          1. reduced growing period so decreases agricultural production tropical areas are experiencing longer growing periods
            1. areas facing more erratic climate with droughts then flooding the next year.
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