Sudan, the first uninhabitable country due to climate change

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Sudan, one of the poorest countries in Africa and the world, could end up being uninhabitable due to climate change. Here, where more than 40 million people live, the temperature will rise up to three degrees centigrade for very little: the year 2060 according to CNN.

If your predictions finally come true, will make life virtually nonexistent in a region already experiencing severe desertification and intense dust storms.

Sudan, a country located on the shores of the Red Sea in North Africa, is situated in a location where, wherever you look, you will find only desert. Only in the south is there savanna. Also, the temperature is very high: 42ºC is easily exceeded almost every dayTherefore, an increase of three degrees more would mean the end of life in this part of the world, for the simple reason that most living beings cannot bear a temperature of 45ºC, and less every day.

The human body with 40 degrees Celsius can suffer significant brain damage and even death. Although each of us has our own thermal threshold, which can be more or less wide depending above all on where we have lived the longest, the ideal temperature to live is between 21 and 26ºC. Almost half of what is expected in Sudan in 2060.

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And the situation is getting more and more complicated due to sand storms, or "haboob", which are phenomena that, although they are typical of arid areas, are forming more and more frequently in some parts of the country as the planet warms up.

According to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 4,6 million people are food insecure, and another 3,2 million may not have access to water in the short term.

You can read the CNN article here (It is in English).


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