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Africa and the Paris Agreement

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The African continent is one of the most vulnerable regions to future climate change. Research now demonstrates that constraining anthropogenic warming to 1.5 °C instead of 2 °C will significantly lower the risk of heatwaves to inhabitants.

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Kruger, A.C. Africa and the Paris Agreement. Nature Clim Change 8, 365–366 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0146-5

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