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Riverside Herald

AuthorRiverside Herald
Published22 May 2026

Global warming and the effects expected in South Africa

Scientific assessments identify southern Africa as a climate hotspot, with faster warming and intensifying extremes set to test water, agriculture, health, and

Global warming is no longer a distant prospect for South Africa. Over the past decade, scientists have documented rising temperatures, shifting rainfall, and more frequent extremes across the country and the wider southern African region. The World Meteorological Organization confirmed 2024 as the warmest year on record globally, at about 1.55°C above the 1850–1900 average, with the past ten years ranking as the ten warmest on record ( WMO 2024 warmest year ). Copernicus…