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Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions while facing some of the most severe consequences. The continent is warming faster than the rest of the world on average, creating a stark contradiction between cause and effect.
By 2060, the population in these vulnerable zones will reach between 185 million and 230 million depending on growth trends. Scientific studies estimate that 12 major African cities would collectively sustain cumulative damages of US$65 billion for moderate climate change scenarios by 2050.
Specific areas likely to experience year-round high-risk transmission of malaria are shifting from coastal West Africa to an area between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda known as the African Highlands. Rising temperatures in these highland areas have the potential to change normally non-malarial zones into areas with seasonal epidemics.
Kenya gazetted the Climate Change Act in 2016 which establishes an authority to oversee development and management mechanisms for resilience. This legislation aims to manage adaptation efforts within the country against changing weather patterns.
Seventy percent of Africa's population relies on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods. Smallholder farms account for 80 percent of cultivated lands in sub-Saharan Africa, making them highly vulnerable to changing precipitation patterns.