What does the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report mean for Africa’s development and transformation agenda?

Are there sufficent recommendations for Africa's policy makers?

wassiehaile's picture

As I said in my previous comments, the IPCC AR5 report is not region specific a such. It is rather general report on Climate change situations globally. However, even if the report doen't give detailed scenarios of climate change in Africa, it provides sufficient evidences for policy action by Africa pertaining to climate change. Because the report presents sufficient evidence that the global temperature has increased to some degrees and it is forcasted to increase by average of 2 degrees by 2100.It has  Also presented evidence for seal level rise. These evidences are true for Africa as most countries are boardered with oceans, they will definitely be affected. Thus, these situations should alert Africa to  challenge them. Therefore, any transformation and development plans of Africa should consider these serious climate challenges challenges in to account.

By wassiehaile

Impacts identified in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report for Africas development are not good for Africa.
The fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finds that, Climate change will have widespread impacts on African society and Africans’ interaction with the natural environment.
"What’s in it for Africa is", compiled by a wide range of experts from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and looks at how the impacts of climate change will affect food security, water availability and human health in Africa significantly.
Climatic risks threaten lives and prosperity across many parts of Africa and there are clear signs that
 the impacts of climate change are already being felt. There is evidence that temperature changes have played a role in the increased incidence of malaria in parts of East Africa, and have already driven changes in the practices of South African farmers. Production of wheat and maize in parts of Africa has been impacted by climate change, as has the productivity of fisheries of the Great Lakes and Lake Kariba and fruit-bearing trees in the Sahel (source: http://cdkn.org/resource/highlights-africa-ar5/). You can get more detail information from the source of the information.
Are there sufficient recommendations for Africa's policy makers?
According to https://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/WG2AR5_SPM_FINAL.pdf, adaptation experience is accumulating across regions in the public and private sector and within communities (high confidence). Governments at various levels are starting to develop adaptation plans and policies and to integrate climate-change considerations into broader development plans. Examples of adaptation across regions include the following.
 In Africa, most national governments are initiating governance systems for adaptation. Disaster Risk management, adjustment in technologies and infrastructure, ecosystems-based approaches, basic public health measures and livelihood diversification are reducing vulnerability, although efforts to date tend to be isolated.

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