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Environment

Africa faces ‘climate risk blind spot’ amid lack of weather radar

A herdsman walks his donkey past a rotting carcass in Garbaharey, southern Somalia [File: David Mwangi/Reuters]

The first Africa Climate Summit opens on Monday in Kenya to highlight the continent that will suffer the most from climate change while contributing the least.

Significant investment in Africa’s adaptation to climate change, including better forecasting, will be an urgent goal at the September 5-6 meeting. At the heart of every issue on the agenda, from energy to agriculture, is the lack of data collection that drives decisions as crucial as when to plant – and when to flee.

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