Africa and arctic

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African debt crisis
some countries so much in debt exceeded gdp
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cash crops
crops sold for income
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desertification
climate change and overgrazing turn fertile land into desert
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vulnerability of africa
areas that are really dry. wetter areas will become even wetter. warmed by 0.5 last century
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poor people will have
reduced ctc e.g farmers who farm to meet their needs could starve
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can't afford to
prepare and respond
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political turmoil means
decisions can't be made
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impacts
desertification,reduced growing period, improved conditions for mosquito's= spread of malaria, erratic climate(drought then flood),dirty water again
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70% of emplyment in sahel region is
agriculture
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Arctic ice is melting what is predicted
no sea ice in summer by 2030
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greenland
ice sheets melting
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permafrost
boundary moving north + shrinking
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tree line
moving north, more tree's growing
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impacts
freshwater into sea,permafrost releasing co2,habitats reduced or lost, loss of species may impact others,no, fish increase,new ship routes, oil, conflict over oil, agricult,collapsed buildings
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impacts on rest of world
sea level rise, global currents affected,change in temp affects global weather pattern
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cash crops

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crops sold for income

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desertification

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vulnerability of africa

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poor people will have

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