Where are the most affected and who On land:
are the most vulnerable? At risk are areas that are particularly sensitive to the
In all regions, both with low as well as high average in- warming effect of climate change, including tundra, bo-
comes, some groups such as elderly people, the poor real forests of the North, and mountain regions. Others
and young children, and systems or activities are more will be more affected by the reduced rainfall and chang-
exposed than others. But there are sectors, systems ing precipitation patterns, in particular those with a Med-
and regions specially affected, namely the following: iterranean-type environment and tropical rainforests.
Changes in
Canary-current
Nile-delta
Alexandria
Africa
Cairo
Climate change hotspot
Risk of desertification
More precipitation
Massawa
Less precipitation
Cotonou
Coral bleaching
Lomé
Lagos
Sea-level rise concerns
and affected major cities
Negative agricultural changes
Lake
Changes in ecosystems
Tanganyika
Kilimanjaro
Impact on fisheries
Increasing frequency or intensity of cyclones
Impact on mountain regions
Melting of glaciers
Changes in
Malaria:
Benguela-current
Current distribution
Possible extension by 2050
Sources: IPCC, 2007; World Resources Institute, 2007;
Rogers and Randolph, 2000; Klein et. al., 2002.
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