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They are holding preparatory meetings ahead of the Heads of State Summit on the weekend in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.According to African climate change advocates and activists, a large dose of political will, funding and innovation is needed to hold the line against what has been described as Africa’s next big challenge.
“We can expect from the models that have been developed that climate change will have an impact of between 3 and 5% on GDP growth, meaning that Africa will lose 3 to 5% of GDP just linked to climate change. Putting that in the context of low growth, most countries including African countries are now having low growth, in fact, the average African growth is only 3%.
“Our priority on the continent is adaptation, as you know our rural farmers still don’t have the capacity to adapt because they are poor, they don’t have access to new technologies, smart agriculture is not available to them so I think that is an area we really need to focus on if we want to ensure that Africa is food secure.”
We don’t have electricity so I don’t think it applies to us here in South Africa any more.
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