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Lessons from Africa on climate change adaptation

Jemal Ahmed, 38, chases a swarm of locusts with machete after it stormed his sorghum and sweet cane farm in Jawaha village near Kamise town Amhara region, Ethiopia October 15, 2020. Picture taken October 15, 2020.

African nations can pose as case studies for nations soon to face similar climate risks. Image: REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Declan Conway
Professorial research fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics
Declan Conway
Professorial research fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics
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The groups discussed three scenarios of the season and shared potential impacts, opportunities and recommendations. Image: UMFULA
Climate change learning lab in Lusaka, Zambia (left). Climate information workshop in Lilongwe, Malawi (right).
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