What latest assessments on global warming mean for Southern Africa

Billed in the media as “life changing,” the report illustrates how crossing the ever-nearer threshold of 1.5 warming will affect the planet, and how difficult it will be to avoid overshooting this target.

The special report takes a worldwide look at the growing impacts of climate change. For climate change “hotspots” – hot, dry and water-stressed countries like Botswana and Namibia in southern Africa – local warming and drying will be greater than the global average.