Global Warming In Sub-Saharan Africa

From every bite of our meal, there is always a repercussion to our Mother Nature. Global warming is from the greenhouse gases that has been a significant concern to our daily lives. The high temperature record number keeps increasing while the low temperature record number keeps decreasing ever since the industrial revolution prospered (Macmillan). The influence of global warming is slowly affecting the food production by the greenhouse gases emitted from animal farm production, thus, leading to an economic loss and great starvation especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Southern States of America are also likely to suffer from global warming, however, it would be able to address the calamity quickly unlike Sub-Saharan Africa. Given that 56 billion
The arising problem, global warming, has inflicted food scarcity to the growing population of SSA. Carbon dioxide emissions have increased since 2001 resulting in a decreasing amount of arable land. Hence, the proliferating population does not equal the crop productivity. Masipa concluded that, “food security was found to be a multifaceted concept affected by climate change through food accessibility, availability, accessibility, utilisation and affordability” (6). Drought and lack of rainfall are extreme events that are caused by global warming. This results in insufficiency of agricultural productivity that severely impacts the food availability. Furthermore, it burdens the livelihoods of many people due to expenses considering the high unemployment rate continues to emerge. As the continent subsequently suffers from socio-economic problems, the article argues the importance of standard food utilization by giving the right amount of diet and nourishment (2). It is worth noting that SSA is facing a great economy loss because of the crop
Granted that United States is nurtured to have a high-rising economy and world class universities, it can address global warming quickly. They would be able to hire scholarly educated researchers in taking actions. As the writers, Plumer and Popovich, suggested that, “Urban planners could set up cooling centers during heat waves to help vulnerable people who lack air-conditioning” (para. 13) in America. This way it also saves the planet from burning more fossil fuels since more people can utilize them instead of individually. Meanwhile, Africa cannot pursue most of these strategies because of its weak institutional support networks and disaster management system. SSA’s inequality in distribution of welfare, consumption and income has to be overcome especially to the rural poor.
It is evident that global warming will have more negative impacts on every living thing in this unique planet. It is clear more actions are needed to be taken to combat food scarcity, natural disasters, and diseases. We must unite to address the issue and mitigate risks. United States is already seeking for strategies while Sub-Saharan Africa is still unaware of what harm global warming can affect them. I don’t want to live in a world full of global warming pollution and neither do