Billions of dollars are invested every year in climate change projects, but less than 1% of these funds come to Africa.
Why? The international climate change community doesn’t think Africa is a high priority, especially as the continent is the world’s lowest emitter of carbon.
But since the United Nations’ 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22), held in Marrakesh in November 2016, the focus is starting to change.
Africa is the world’s second-biggest continent, with vast expanses of soil and millions of square kilometres of forest which serve as massive reservoirs for CO2 sequestration, and keep carbon from escaping to the atmosphere.
With investment backing, African farmers can kick-start a green revolution that would preserve these assets and help to bolster the global climate change efforts.
But Africa’s size also creates a potential risk for the world’s climate control efforts. Consider the consequences if Africa’s agriculture yields do fall. Some African countries might be forced to turn parts of their forests into farms, and to adopt techniques that would exhaust their soil, in order to feed their growing populations.
Africa, which has not been a big emitter of greenhouse gases, could become one. That would have a direct impact on the world’s goal of keeping temperature rises below 2°C between now and 2100.
Read the full article at: How We Made It In Africa
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