Climate variability impacting the health of tens of millions of Africans through exposure to extreme heat. Heat extremes  increased in frequency since 1980 . Increasing temperatures will cause tens of thousands of additional deaths under moderate and high global warming scenarios, particularly in North, West and Central Africa . Cooling stations, limited evidence of pro-active climate change adaptation in African cities . Urgent need for improved societal and political transformations to reduce climate change risks for vulnerable groups . Deployment considered necessary of NBS with demonstrated health, ecological, economic and social co-benefits.
IPCC
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
IPCC Report