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It may have contributed less than any other continent to CO2 emissions, but Africa is on the front line when it comes to the impact of climate change. Just ask Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. “It is a threat for us,” he told a panel at the World Economic Forum. “On Kilimanjaro the snow is fast disappearing, sea [...] It takes the equivalent of a massive chunk of ice of 390 cubic kms (150 cubic miles) to raise world sea levels by one millimetre, according to David Carlson, director of the International Programme Office of the International Polar Year. As an example, he says that works out as a lump 39 kms long, 10 wide and 1 km thick. Or [...] |
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