In Africa, climate change may already be responsible for falling water levels in West African rivers; declining coral reefs in tropical waters; lower fruit production in the Sahel; fewer fish in the Great Lakes region; and the spread of malaria in the Kenyan uplands. Without significant cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, we will see far worse.
在非洲，气候变化已经导致西非地区河流水位下降、热带水域珊瑚礁数量下降、萨赫勒地区水果减产、大湖地区渔业产量降低和肯尼亚高地地区疟疾肆虐。如果不大幅削减温室气体排放，我们还会看到更加糟糕的情况。气候变化威胁着粮食和水等基本人类需要，可能成为动荡、移民和冲突的催化剂。非洲将付出沉重的代价。