{"id":14882,"date":"2022-11-01T17:56:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/africas-most-extreme-weather-phenomena-ignored-by-northern-media\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:55:08","slug":"africas-most-extreme-weather-phenomena-ignored-by-northern-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/africas-most-extreme-weather-phenomena-ignored-by-northern-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa&#8217;s most extreme weather phenomena ignored by Northern media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-B10FnTAVs tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"90px 0px 90px 0px\"}' data-padding-top='90px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-S1lRK2TRNs\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-HkbCtnaREi\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-SkNRKnT0Ej   \" ><style>.tatsu-SkNRKnT0Ej .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">Ahead of COP27 in Egypt &#8211; dubbed &#8220;Africa&#8217;s COP&#8221; &#8211; Carbon Brief used disaster data, humanitarian reports and local testimonies to investigate the extreme weather events of 2022 in Africa &#8211; and examined how they might be linked to climate change, according to scientists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The impact of extreme weather on the lives of Africans is an example of &#8220;loss and damage&#8221;, a term that describes how climate change is already harming people, particularly the world&#8217;s most vulnerable.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Loss and damage are likely to feature prominently at COP27, where the nations of the South will be calling on developed countries to provide funding for the climate impacts they are already suffering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;Africa contributes 4% of global emissions, yet it is on the front line of loss and damage. Financing loss and damage is non-negotiable&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Adenike Oladosu, climate activist from Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-button-group align-center tatsu-SkSRFnp0Ej  \"  ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap   tatsu-B18CK3604o   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/analysis-africas-unreported-extreme-weather-in-2022-and-climate-change\/\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"Carbon Brief (EN)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carbon Brief (EN)<\/a><style>.tatsu-B18CK3604o .tatsu-button{color: #ffffff ;border-width: 1px;border-color: rgba(255,255,255,1); }<\/style><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-SkSRFnp0Ej.tatsu-button-group{margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-row > .tatsu-HkbCtnaREi.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}.tatsu-HkbCtnaREi.tatsu-column > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-column-overlay{mix-blend-mode: none;}.tatsu-HkbCtnaREi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-HkbCtnaREi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-HkbCtnaREi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-left-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-HkbCtnaREi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-right-divider{z-index: 9999;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-section-background-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-section-background\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-section-overlay\"><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-B10FnTAVs.tatsu-section{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);}.tatsu-B10FnTAVs .tatsu-section-background{background-image: url(https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Phe\u0301nome\u0300nes-Me\u0301te\u0301oroliques-Extre\u0302mes-Afrique-2022-Ignore\u0301s.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: top left;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-B10FnTAVs .tatsu-bg-blur{background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: top left;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-B10FnTAVs .tatsu-section-pad{padding: 90px 0px 90px 0px;}.tatsu-B10FnTAVs > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-B10FnTAVs > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-B10FnTAVs .tatsu-section-overlay{background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);mix-blend-mode: normal;}.tatsu-B10FnTAVs .tatsu-fullscreen-wrap{align-items: center;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon Brief&#8217;s analysis of disaster data reveals that extreme weather events in Africa have killed at least 4,000 people and affected a further 19 million since the start of 2022. However, these impacts, particularly those associated with heat waves, are often not recorded, so the true figures are likely to be much higher.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/africas-most-extreme-weather-phenomena-ignored-by-northern-media\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14882"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15010,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14882\/revisions\/15010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}