Victor Ongoma

Climate Change Environmental Sustainability

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Victor Ongoma is an Assistant Professor of Climate Change Adaptation at the International Water Research Institute of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco.

Victor Ongoma

Oct 29 2021

COP26: Africa’s challenges must steer the climate change conference

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Environmental Sustainability · Climate Change

The 26th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, popularly known as COP26, is happening at a time when the world has just experienced one of the warmest years on record. The year 2020 reached temperatures that were about 1.02°C warmer than average. These kinds of extremes, driven by climate change, are being felt intensely across Africa.