African Nations Vulnerable to Effects of Climate Change

Countries across Africa are looking to the United Nations climate change summit in Paris to urgently produce solutions to reverse the impacts of global warming on the world's water systems. In parts of southern Africa, a combination of heat waves and drought — a result of the El Niño weather phenomenon — have hit Zimbabwe and South Africa. "You have a massive drought, running short of drinking water, lack of rainfall," said Ngqabutho Mabhena, head of the...

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