Malawi needs aid now to build for the future effects of climate change -research
Developing countries, including Malawi, need aid now to enable then to cope with the future effects of climate change, according to new research.
The study shows that financial help is urgently needed now so developing countries can prepare for potential climate change disasters.
With enough aid now, developing countries are expected to become wealthier and need less support after 2030.
Scholars from the University of Edinburgh have contributed to the research which is lead by the Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
The study, titled “Estimating least-developed countries’ vulnerability to climate-related extreme events over the next 50 years”, is the first analysis to look at both economic development and climate change in assessing how vulnerable developing countries will be over the coming years.
According to the study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, if enough aid is given over the next two decades, then economic development may begin to offset rising climate exposure in developing countries from 2030.
Dr Marc Metzger, a Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Change and Modelling at the University of Edinburgh, who contributed to the paper, said: “The recent earthquake in Haiti has shown how vulnerable developing countries are to natural disasters. However, this paper indicates that if developing countries receive assistance now they will likely be able to cope on their own in the future.”
By analysing the effects of climate change and the pace of economic development over the next 50 years, the study developed a detailed set of scenarios for the future of Mozambique, as well as more general predictions for 23 other countries.
The other countries analysed were: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Haiti, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Senegal, the Solomon Islands, Tanzania, Vanuatu, and Zambia.
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Ayito Mbewe you are spot on. This climate chage thing is exaggerated. Just lok at how cold winter is this year! Global warming, my foot! But I am more concerned with Africa’s persistent and shameless plea for aid. You Africans are hypocrites! With one side of your mouth you say that aid has not helped your continent and it has in fact contributed to its under development. You also like to call yourselves ’sovereign states’ and blame your poverty on Westerners. So why are you begging us for more money? When shall you become independent? I’m sick and tired of this African basket case. If you can’t survive on your own then it’s better you go into extinction so that the world may move on without being encumbered by your insatiable appetite for begging.
Gonzales, Tampa Bay, Miami, Florida.
Senor,Africa is not naturally poor,but the evil white people made it poor.Look all these war’s in Africa are caused by you evil people as a means of stealing riches in Africa, so that you should be boosting there as at all you are human.Westerner’s should pay for it,if at all you pay tax there yahhh! bring it here we want it man!
USA is not the only country that gives aid to Malawi. There are many other Countries that give aid to Malawi for strategic and national interests. For your information this aid has to be repaid back. In addition USA has a lot debt.
Please let us also know that the extreme cold winters being experienced by other countries in Europe is part of the climate change we are talking about. Climate change is not only the warming that is being experienced in other areas such as Africa. There are a number of changes in different areas – melting of ice resulting in higher sea levels, extreme weather patterns (warm and cold temperatures), loss of biodiversity, droughts, etc.
It is better to ask if we do not know what this term called ‘Climate Change’ means to us.
Kolowa,
I do pay tax. But stop this mentality that the West owe you anything. We dont! You are your own worst enemies. What wars are you talking about? When was the last time your country went to war? I was a Peace Corps in Malawi and there was no war there, just poor leadership, illiteracy, hunger, disease and extreme poverty. I can even speak your language (Chewa). Even when I was there students used to ask me for a camera, a t-shirt, a sneaker, an ipod, everything! When are you going to start making your own sneakers as a country? How did we Westerners prevent you from doing that?
Whatever climate change means to you, please do not come with your begging bowl to us m8!
Senor Gonzales you are a liar.Beggers are all over the world.Even the richest nations have beggers.
I have been to London,New york and other places where they claim to be very rich and i have met beggers too.Only that the western media is too hypocritical when writing about africa.Lazy people in the west should thank immigrants for their benefits otherwise if immigrants goes back to their various countries that means lazy westerners will be in problems.
It sounds like you joined the Peace Corps for the wrong reasons.
China is making enough sneakers already.
Do you think that all families in America can afford to have cereal everyday? You sound very angry.