Climate Change in Africa: Challenges for the 21ST Century
Origho, Thaddeus
Department of Geography
College of Education, P.M.B. 1251, Warri
E-mail: thaddeusorigho@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Climate change characterized as global warning has caused remarkable rise in sea levels, increase in intensity of extreme weather events, significant changes in the amount and pattern of precipitation, changes in agricultural yields, glacier retreat, increases in the ranges of disease vectors and mass species extinctions. Climate change has the potential to reverse the Millennium Development Goals of sustainable development. Understanding the potential impact of climate change and addressing the issues therein are fundamental to environmental stability and sustainability in the 21th century.
Keyword: Climate Change, Africa, Challenges, 21st Century.
