Africa May Need $200 Billion a Year for Climate by 2070
- African climate needs dwarf funding for virus response
- Former UN secretary general has been calculating cost
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Africa may need as much as $200 billion every year by 2070 to adapt to climate change, about the same as the once-off amount needed to respond to the coronavirus.
The continent most vulnerable to environmental shifts will require the annual funding for early-warning systems and climate-resilient infrastructure, according to Ban Ki-Moon, the former secretary general of the United Nations, who is now chairman of the Global Center on Adaptation.