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Unbearable Heat – Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa
Earth and Leaf Editorial – An Unbearable Heat Much of Africa will become uninhabitable, not just for humanity. The cooling and climate effects of trees are all too apparent. We must end large scale ruminant livestock farming and return to the forests. Trees take up Carbon and moderate unbearable heat. Luis Graterol/Unsplash Extract People often think of a heatwave as a temporary event, a brutal week of sun that eventually breaks with a cool breeze. But as the climate changes globally, in parts of Africa, that level of heat is becoming a permanent part of the weather. Research shows Africa’s exposure to dangerous heat is rising rapidly. Until…
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Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather
Earth and Leaf Editorial – African Children African children are at the forefront of climate change disaster. They are also the very people who can do little about the crisis. The very young have little ability to thermoregulate. Surely we must do something. Young African children are at particular risk of heat stress impacts. Riccardo Mayer/Shutterstock Extract Climate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to “net-zero”. The 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement requires emissions reductions of around 50% in the next 10 years. Newborn babies are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures. They have a limited…
