Abstract
February 2023 through January 2024 marked the first 12- month period that global average temperatures exceeded the 1.5°C benchmark proposed in the Paris Climate Agreement, indicating early signs of coming dangerously close to exceeding a permanent 1.5°C increase in global average temperatures. Permanently exceeding the 1.5°C benchmark is expected to lead to increasingly frequent and dangerous extreme weather events such as droughts and wildfires, while also increasing the risk of climate tipping points such as collapse of coral reef systems (UN, n.d.). Though no place is safe from the effects of climate change, few places on Earth will be hit as hard as Africa.
Recommended Citation
Dugas, Stevi
(2025)
"Droughts, Destruction, and Displacement: How Climate Change Exacerbates Violence in the Sahel,"
Osmosis Magazine: Vol. 2025:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/osmosis/vol2025/iss1/11
