Climate change triggers mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa

Geneva, 19 October 2021 (WMO) – Changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures and more extreme weather contributed to mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa in 2020, compounding the socio-economic and health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). “During 2020, the climate …