U.N. projects climate change will cause $50 billion in damages to Africa’s islands and coastal states by 2050
From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage in Africa caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it.
Africa’s islands and coastal states — and the 116 million people that inhabit them — will be heavily exposed to rising seas and will spend about $50 billion in damages by 2050, a report released on Thursday by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization warned.
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