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Adaptation Efforts May Reduce Harms amid Significant Climate-Linked Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa

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By Abraham Ename Minko

Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly susceptible to climate-induced disasters, including droughts, floods, and storms, which exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and contribute to displacement both internally and internationally. Disasters displace millions of Africans each year, and the World Bank has projected that climate change could force as many as 86 million Africans to be internally displaced by 2050, more than any other region of the globe.