According to scientists, the floods that killed over 600 people in Nigeria this year were primarily caused by climate change.
According to a research released on Wednesday, human activity was directly responsible for the floods that hit not just Nigeria but also Niger, Chad, and neighboring nations.
Experts claim that between June and October of this year, there were more than 1.4 million people displaced by floods, which were 80 times more likely to occur due to human activity.
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The report comes as COP27 climate talks continue in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, where developing nations are demanding rich polluters pay for climate-change-linked calamities.
Africa is home to some of the countries least responsible for carbon emissions but hardest hit by weather extremes, with the Horn of Africa currently in the grips of a severe drought.
