Adaptation key to Africa's survival amid climate change

By Friday Phiri

"While Africa has the option to choose its developmental trajectory in the face of climate change, it has no option but to adapt for survival", says Dr. Rajendra Pachauri of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Addressing delegates via video conferencing during the official opening of the Fourth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV), Dr Pachauri has signaled that Africa remains the most vulnerable continent to climate change impacts due to its poor infrastructure and coping systems.