Climate change spurs food insecurity, heatwaves and natural calamities in Africa 

By: DaQuan LawrenceAFRO International WriterDLawrence@afro.com& The growing impact of climate change becomes more relevant throughout the 21st century as the global phenomenon has recently caused some of the hottest days on record. As modern society has recently experienced sweltering summer temperatures as well as frigid winter days, climate change naturally affects regions around the world differently.A lodge is visible in the flooded Maasai Mara National Reserve, which left dozens of tourists stranded in Narok County, Kenya. The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of climate scientists said in a study. photo: AP Photo/Bobby NeptuneIn September 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that Africa and its populations disproportionately suffer from the effects of climate change although the continent is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions.& WMO’s “The State of the Climate in Africa 2022” reports that about 110 million people were directly affected by climate, weather and water-related dangers in 2022, and the rate of temperature increase in Africa has accelerated in recent decades, with climate-related and weather-related hazards becoming more severe.&...