As the year progresses, come
December this year, scientists said East Africa will face severe risks from
changing disease patterns to extreme weather events, reports NaijaAgroNet
In respect to this, scientists from
the United Nations-affiliated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) haveadvisedmillions
of people in East African nations to bracket themselves for intense weather
events related to climate change.
The experts, NaijaAgroNet reports
went on to say that global warming is no longer an issue of argument because
since the 1950s a lot of the observed changes have been dramatic.
Guled Artan who joined officials
representing the membership of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
(IGAD) at the conference represented the director of the IGAD Climate
Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC), said the challenges on east Africa
due to climate change is grave.
“The problem in East Africa is
serious,” Artan said.” When there’s rain, the rain will be more intense, so
there will be floods. The dry spells will be wider, so there will be more
droughts. That’s the risk so, increased likelihood of floods, increased
likelihood of drought; and two extremes: too much water, too little
water.”
Chidozie Anibueze/GEE
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