Climate Crisis: The Role Africa Should Play

Climate change has become a knotty issue, which the world has been tackling with different weapons, to put an end to climate crisis. The effect of climate change has become a global crisis its effect on human is based on warming and shift in precipitation. Climate change has posed a great to the world, both people and ecosystem, leaving people in developing and developed countries less remedies to tackle it. There could be role for Africa, to make an impact in fight to provide solutions to global crisis.

The World Health Organization [WHO] has estimated that between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year from heat exposure in elderly people, increases in diarrheal disease, malaria, dengue, coastal flooding, and childhood undernutrition. The effect of climate change in food and health is very threatening, which might end up causing global food shortage and health threatening situations, which shows the critical situation the world is in. the WHO has classified human impacts from climate change as the greatest threat to global health in the 21^st century.

Long-term quest for a realistic Africa

The threats it posed on food security has caused reduction in food distribution. Its effect on economy has also affected aquatic means of living. And this has not move away from Africa where existing poverty is in abject state, this could push people, hundreds of millions of people into poverty. This is the point Africa need to show great concern, channeling the energy to fight climate change and provide permanent solution to global crisis.

This is the time Africa started to take care of her environment to avoid state of emergence where the continent will be caught unaware with dangerous threats of climate crisis. Especially in the area of taking care of environment, provide solutions and watch high consumption of livestock in Africa. It needs urgent attention to provide enabling atmosphere for peaceful environment, it calls for crucial call for Africa, to take into cognizance. Healthy environment will play a crucial role in curbing the dangerous threats posed by climate change.