FACTSHEET CENTRAL AFRICA

Central Africa has experienced warming between 0.75°C and 1.2°C since 1960, leading to widespread losses in health, food security, and economic growth. Future risks include lethal heat exposure, severe biodiversity loss above 2°C, and significant GDP reductions. Adaptation requires increased finance, nature-based solutions, and improved climate services, though the region faces severe data constraints and funding gaps.

• Central Africa's average annual surface temperatures have risen by 0.75°C to 1.2°C since 1960, exceeding the global average. There is medium confidence in an increase in heat extremes and some evidence of drying since the mid-20th century, with southern and eastern Central Africa identified as drought hotspots between 1991–2010.
• Future warming poses severe health risks; at 2.5°C of global warming, Central Africa is projected to experience 100–150 days per year of lethal heat exposure. Additionally, the number of vulnerable people in African cities exposed to heatwaves of at least 15 days over 42°C is projected to rise from 27 million in 2010 to 360 million by 2100 at 1.8°C warming, and 440 million at over 4°C.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2022). FACTSHEET CENTRAL AFRICA. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/IPCC%20Regional%20Factsheet%203_Central%20Africa_web.pdf

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. FACTSHEET CENTRAL AFRICA. 2022. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/IPCC%20Regional%20Factsheet%203_Central%20Africa_web.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2022factsheet, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{FACTSHEET CENTRAL AFRICA}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2022}, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/IPCC%20Regional%20Factsheet%203_Central%20Africa_web.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }