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The observed warming in Malawi between 1901 and 2021. Malawi is a land-locked country in southeastern Africa situated along the southernmost arm of the East African Rift-Valley System between latitudes 9°22’ and 17°03’ south of the equator, and longitudes 33°40’ and 35°55’ east of the Greenwich meridian.
Climate change also affects the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country by reducing between 0.5% and 2.5% each year (estimate for 2010). [20] In the Awash basin in central Ethiopia floods and droughts are common. Agriculture in the basin is mainly rainfed (without irrigation systems). This applies to around 98% of total cropland as of 2012.
Climate change is of great concern in Ethiopia, especially since the 1970s. Between the mid-1970s and late 2000s, Ethiopia's rainfall in some areas and seasons decreased by 15-20 percent. Furthermore, numerous studies predict climate change will increasingly affect the country's ecosystem, causing drought and famines.
But certainly, climate change would have to rank near the top of the list of mostly hotly debated topics. As policymakers wrestle with how best to address the issue, workers have a much more.
It is estimated that Malawi loses around $12.5 million, or the equivalent of 1% of its GDP each year to drought, and $9 million or 0.7% of its GDP, to flooding in the southern regions of the country. [50] Indeed, Malawi is not new to weather related disasters, between 1970 and 2006, there were over 40 weather related incidents. [51]
The agriculture-dominated country is threatened by an increase in extreme weather events, including cyclones.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change is a cabinet ministry in the Government of Malawi. [1] The former Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change was Michael Usi . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 13 state that there is need for all countries to Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts. Unfortunately, Malawi is not doing so well on this, and this is having devastating impacts on the already struggling health care delivery system. [24] For the past years the country has ...