The effects of a rapidly warming climate are all too evident in Africa. Floods described as “unprecedented” killed more than 200 people in Kenya in May and displaced thousands more. In the Sahel, the semi-arid strip south of the Sahara, climate change is causing desertification that has made livestock production increasingly difficult, exacerbating conflict and driving people to poverty. And, in west Africa, a lethal heatwave earlier this year has been attributed by scientists to human-induced climate change. The situation is expected to get worse.
气候迅速变暖对非洲的影响太明显了。今年5月，肯尼亚发生了被称为“前所未有”的洪水，造成200多人死亡，数以千计的人流离失所。在撒哈拉以南的半干旱地带萨赫勒地区，气候变化正在造成荒漠化，使畜牧生产日益困难，加剧了冲突，使人们陷入贫困。而在西非，科学家们将今年早些时候的致命热浪归因于人为引起的气候变化。预计情况会变得更糟。
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