Africa should ‘adapt without delay’

Africa should act fast in finding ways to deal with the effects of climate change, the Mail & Guardian reported a panel of experts as saying on Tuesday in Johannesburg.
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Methods to preserve water should top the list, panel member Pauline Dube said. "If we don’t take steps fast to preserve water, we are headed for a crisis."

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was briefing reporters on the findings of a study on the effects of climate change.

Dube said African leaders should not wait for the world to succeed in reversing carbon-dioxide emissions, but should rather act now, as Africa is already a semi-arid area.

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