Southern Africa Worst Hit By Climate Change

Windhoek — The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management met in Namibia's capital on Thursday to discuss ways to blunt the impact of rising temperatures in the region.

Tipping points are events where climate systems change in such a way that they can no longer be reversed. As an example, Engelbrecht said, a prolonged drought in the Gauteng Province of South Africa that lowered water levels in dams and led to shortages in the city of Johannesburg, making it inhospitable.

TIPPECC stands for Tipping Points Explained by Climate Change. It is funded by SASSCAL. Jane Olwoch is the executive director of SASSCAL, which includes Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.

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