FICHA INFORMATIVA ÁFRICA AUSTRAL

The document details how Southern Africa is experiencing temperature increases above the global average, increased frequency of heatwaves and droughts, and significant economic losses. It projects severe future risks to food security, human health, and biodiversity, while emphasizing the need for transformative adaptation and increased climate finance to build resilience.

• Southern Africa has experienced temperature increases exceeding the global average, with annual surface temperatures rising between 1.04ºC and 1.44ºC from 1961 to 2015. Other observed changes include a doubling of marine heatwaves along the coast between 1982 and 2016 and an increase in the frequency of meteorological droughts since 1961.
• Climate change has caused substantial economic damage in Southern Africa, with GDP per capita for the region's countries being an average of 13.6% lower between 1991 and 2010 than it would have been without human-induced climate change. Specific impacts include a significant drop in real economic growth in Zambia due to the 2015–2016 drought's effect on hydroelectric power.
• Human health is under increasing threat, with human-induced climate change estimated to have caused nearly 44% of heat-related deaths in South Africa between 1991 and 2018. Future warming of 1.5ºC is expected to increase the spread of infectious diseases, specifically increasing the population at risk for malaria and dengue.
• Urban areas and infrastructure face heightened risks from sea-level rise and extreme weather. In Mozambique, transport infrastructure damage from river floods could exceed 400 million USD annually by 2050 under high-warming scenarios, while Maputo and Cape Town face aggregate damages from sea-level rise of up to 980 million USD and 170 million USD respectively by 2050.
• Adaptation capacity is severely hindered by a lack of funding and data. Between 1990 and 2009, climate research in Africa received only 3.8% of global funding, with only 14.5% of that going to African institutions. Current annual financial flows for adaptation are billions of dollars below the lowest estimated short-term costs.

APA

Trisos, C., Totin, E., Adelekan, I., Lennard, C., Simpson, N., New, M., & Meyer, A. (2022). FICHA INFORMATIVA ÁFRICA AUSTRAL. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/IPCC%20Factsheet_Southern%20Africa%20%28Portuguese%29.pdf

Chicago

Trisos, Christopher, Edmond Totin, Ibidun Adelekan, Chris Lennard, Nicholas Simpson, Mark New, and Andreas Meyer. FICHA INFORMATIVA ÁFRICA AUSTRAL. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2022. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/IPCC%20Factsheet_Southern%20Africa%20%28Portuguese%29.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{trisos2022ficha, author = {Trisos, Christopher and Totin, Edmond and Adelekan, Ibidun and Lennard, Chris and Simpson, Nicholas and New, Mark and Meyer, Andreas}, title = {{FICHA INFORMATIVA ÁFRICA AUSTRAL}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2022}, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/IPCC%20Factsheet_Southern%20Africa%20%28Portuguese%29.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }