The effects of a rapidly warming climate are all too evident in Africa. Floods described as “unprecedented” killed more than 200 people in Kenya in May and displaced thousands more. In the Sahel, the semi-arid strip south of the Sahara, climate change is causing desertification that has made livestock production increasingly difficult, exacerbating conflict and driving people to poverty. And, in west Africa, a lethal heatwave earlier this year has been attributed by scientists to human-induced climate change. The situation is expected to get worse. Click here to read the full article