FACTSHEET NORTH AFRICA

This fact sheet summarizes the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report for North Africa, highlighting that the region is warming twice as fast as the global average. It details severe impacts on health, food security, and economies, while emphasizing the need for transformative adaptation and increased finance to mitigate future risks like sea-level rise in coastal cities and increased heat-related mortality.

• North Africa has experienced warming at twice the global rate over most regions, with temperatures increasing between 0.2°C and 0.4°C per decade since the 1970s. Heat waves have become more intense and widespread since 1980, and the number of marine heat waves doubled between 1982 and 2016.
• Climate change is negatively impacting food systems and economies in North Africa. Agricultural productivity in Africa overall has slowed by 34% since the 1960s, and GDP per capita for North African countries was on average 13.6% lower between 1991 and 2010 than it would have been without human-induced climate change.

APA

Trisos, C., Totin, E., Adelekan, I., Lennard, C., Simpson, N., & New, M. (2022). FACTSHEET NORTH AFRICA. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/IPCC%20Regional%20Factsheet_North%20Africa_Web.pdf

Chicago

Trisos, Christopher, Edmond Totin, Ibidun Adelekan, Chris Lennard, Nicholas Simpson, and Mark New. FACTSHEET NORTH AFRICA. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2022. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/IPCC%20Regional%20Factsheet_North%20Africa_Web.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{trisos2022factsheet, author = {Trisos, Christopher and Totin, Edmond and Adelekan, Ibidun and Lennard, Chris and Simpson, Nicholas and New, Mark}, title = {{FACTSHEET NORTH AFRICA}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2022}, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/IPCC%20Regional%20Factsheet_North%20Africa_Web.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }