Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Sub-Saharan African Countries

The impact of climate change and global warming is high on agriculture, food security, quality of life, human health, economic growth, and development in sub-Saharan African countries. Thus, there are ongoing global discussions on climate change adaptation and mitigation including the Kyoto Protocol; an international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by global warming, the 2012 Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, United Nations Development Programme climate change portfolio, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization climate change awareness program, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other bodies efforts to reduce climate pollutants globally, Africa in particular. However, despite these interventions, there is little scholarly information discussing the extent to which the region’s vulnerability to climate change on its economies and growing populations is addressed. Thus, this review paper examines the impacts of climate change and global warming in sub-Saharan African countries and strategies adopted to mitigate the effects on its environments and economy.