Climate change may kill 184m people by 25th century – Nwangi

By CHINENYEH OZOR Nsukka—A Kenyan don has estimated that climate change problem would kill about 184 million people by the 25th century with Africa recording the highest victims. Prof John Gowhan Nwangi of the Egertion University, Kenya disclosed this is an interview with Vanguard after delivering a key note address entitled “Agricultural extension strategies for effective mitigation against the effect of climate change,’’ at the 17th annual conference of Agricultural Society of Nigeria, AESON, hosted by University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN. He explained that the 184 million people would become victims of such changes through attendant disasters.

He noted that African governments have not shown enough interest to provide and encourage strategies that could mitigate climate change effects, though Africa was most vulnerable to effects of climate change. Nwangi stressed that Africa had the largest number of poor people in the world, saying that climate change has killed so many people continued