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Investors in Africa are betting on the reality of climate change

Climate adaptation costs in Africa are predicted to reach up to $50 billion a year by 2050 in the event of the planet warming by an additional 2°C.

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Mark New: Cape Town will see more severe droughts say scientists
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Mark New: Cape Town will see more severe droughts say scientists

Cape Town's drought teaches us is that climate change is not a thing of a distant future: it is happening already and impacts us today.

On the ground during Cape Town's water crisis

On the ground during Cape Town's water crisis

Amid the worst drought on record, the city has threatened to turn off the taps on its nearly 4 million residents. Our correspondent spent a week there while he could still get a shower.
Cape Town water crisis: Adapting to a water-scarce future
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Cape Town water crisis: Adapting to a water-scarce future

Cape Town might have dodged Day Zero, but a new hyper-consciousness of water use looks set to be the new normal — and not just for the drought-hit African city.
Cape Town, South Africa is running out of water
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Cape Town, South Africa is running out of water

The combination of a lack of rainfall and an explosion of urban growth has pushed the city's reservoirs to their limits and is forcing officials to consider turning off the taps.

Fearing tourist drought, Cape Town charts a new relationship with water

Fearing tourist drought, Cape Town charts a new relationship with water

"Even if it rains tomorrow, we can never go back to the old way of consuming water"

Richard Poplak: What's actually behind Cape Town's water crisis
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Richard Poplak: What's actually behind Cape Town's water crisis

Blame austerity-obsessed technocrats, irresponsible development, and willful ignorance.
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