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In addition to that he revealed how high water stress “is estimated to affect about 250 million people in Africa and is expected to displace up to 700 million people by 2030,” adding that in the past 50 years “more than 1,000 flood-related disasters were reported involving more than 20,000 deaths in Africa”. His warning for other leaders? “Stalling, delaying tactics and procrastination that have hampered implementation and delivery is simply cruel and unjust.
Not just from catastrophic Category 5 hurricanes, but indeed we are already seeing significant damage beyond the point of adaptation. We are seeing deteriorating soil quality, we are seeing rising sea levels capturing our coastlines, we are seeing salt water intrusion which is affecting our water supplies,” Matthew Samuda of the Jamaican Ministry of Economic Growth,“It is up to the developed world to determine if they wish us to exist,” he says.
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