HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING ORDINARY ZIMBABWEAN

Zimbabwe, just like other African countries is suffering more from the impact of global warming showing that poorer countries carry the heaviest burden when it comes to climate change.

A report complied by the meteorological services of Zimbabwe show that weather patterns in Zimbabwe are changing thereby affecting  frequency and severity of rainfall.Droughts and floods are now the order of the day in the country.

The meteorological service(2011) goes on to say temperatures indicate that there is a consistent trend of an increase in the occurrence of  maximum temperature extremes in most areas,the observed rate  of warming  averages  as high as 2.7 degrees Celsius  in most areas and cold day seem to be decreasing at a rate of 14-17 days per century  whereas the number of warm days are increasing.Water resources are dwindling and the evergreen forests  of the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe may be reduced  to seasonal forests.

All this shows the impact of climate change and how climate change affects agricultural productivity and helps in the spread of water borne diseases,outbreaks of fires and increased flooding from sea level.All this is due to climate change.

The Newsday of Wednesday of 22 February 2012 carried an article about how Matebeleland is one of the most affected areas in terms of drought this season.The article went on to say that a lot of people in the region are going to face starvation.However this is not limited to Matebeleland only but to the rest of the country.

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This shows how climate change is affecting everyone especially those in third world counties.

Story taken from NEWSDAY,22 FEBRUARY 2012 and meteorological services of Zimbabwe.