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There is no doubt that climate change is happening and that it poses serious challenges for the world. In climate change, the world faces possibly one of the greatest threats ever. This is because climate change is an environmental,
social, economic, energy, food, political, ethical and moral problem. It is a crisis perpetuated and fuelled by the endless pursuit of growth and prosperity. So ultimately the world faces not just a climate crisis, but a crisis of sustainability.
The key contributor to global warming is human-induced climate change as a result of unsustainable economic growth, consumption and production patterns that are exploitative, especially by the global North and the elites in developing countries. While climate change affects everyone, it does not affect everyone equally. The poor and vulnerable in Africa and other developing countries that have the least responsibility for climate change suffer the most as they experience violence, exclusion and loss of sovereignty over natural resources.
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