A new United Nations climate report predicts Africa's rare glaciers (冰川) will disappear in the next 20 years. The report, called State of the Climate in Africa, (release) last Tuesday by the UN's World Meteorological (气象的) Organization (WMO) and other agencies. It warns that climate change will be the cause of the(disappear) glaciers in eastern Africa.
The report warns that shrinking glaciers at Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Kenya's Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda are signs of widespread climate change to come. " the current shrinking rate continues, it will lead to total disappearance by the 2040s," the report says. The report notes that last year was Africa's third (warm) on record. Data shows temperatures on the continent were 0.86 degrees Celsius higher than the average in the 30 years leading up to 2010. The WMO warns that Africa's 1.3 billion people remain "(extreme) vulnerable (脆弱的)" as the continent keeps getting warmer a faster rate.
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the WMO, said massive displacement, hunger and increasing climate events such as droughts and flooding are likely(continue). He added there is a great need for investments in Africa to develop systems and technology can help the continent deal with the effects of climate change. The money could be used to improve early warning systems and build (equip) to better observe weather and water movements.
