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  2. academic.oup.com academic.oup.com
    The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
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    1. HeinzWittenbrink 04 Jan 2025
      Extreme heat affected a large portion of North Africa and the Sahel, potentially killing hundreds or thousands of people.
      Heatwaves in North Africa and the Sahel March-April 2024 increasing risk of heatwaves . North Africa Sahel
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  3. May 2024
  4. theconversation.com theconversation.com
    Niger's resource paradox: what should make the country rich has made it a target for predators
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    1. HeinzWittenbrink 14 May 2024

      Zu den Motiven für das europäische Engagement in Niger gehört außer den Uran-Vorräten des Landes die geplante Trans-Sahara-Gaspipeline, die Gas von Nigeria zum Mittelmeer transportieren soll.

      https://theconversation.com/nigers-resource-paradox-what-should-make-the-country-rich-has-made-it-a-target-for-predators-212209

      country: Niger project: Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline region: Sahel fossil expansion topic: natural gas
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  5. Apr 2024
  6. www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
    Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds
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    1. HeinzWittenbrink 28 Apr 2024

      Eine extreme Hitzewelle hat in der Sahelzone Hunderte, wahrscheinlich Tausende Menschenleben gefordert. World Weather Attribution zufolge ist die Höhe der Temperaturen eindeutig auf die globale Erhitzung durch Treibhausgase zurückzuführen. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/lethal-heatwave-in-sahel-worsened-by-fossil-fuel-burning-study-finds

      Zur Studie: https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-sahel-heatwave-that-hit-highly-vulnerable-population-at-the-end-of-ramadan-would-not-have-occurred-without-climate-change/

      by: Jonathan Watts 2024-04-18 topic: attribution process: increasing risk of heatwaves region: Sahel impact: heat deaths event: Sahel heat wave April 2024 topic: temperature records institution: World Weather Attribution expert: Kiswendsida Guigma institution: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre event: El Niño 2023/24 event: humid heat in Southern West Africa March 2024 expert: Friederike Otto institution: Grantham Institute
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  7. Nov 2023
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    Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points – paper explainer
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    1. HeinzWittenbrink 20 Nov 2023
      process: coral bleaching topic: tipping points expert: David Armstrong McKay West Antarctic Ice Sheet Arctic Winter Sea Ice Boreal Forest Boreal Permafrost Greenland Ice Sheet Barents Sea Ice Labrodor Sea/Subpolar Gyre Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Amazon Rainforest Low-Laitude Coral Reefs East Antarctic Ice Sheet East Antarctic Subglacial Basins Sahel/West African Monsoon Extra-Polar Mountain Glaciers Triggering Climate Tipping Points
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  9. Aug 2023
  10. www.irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com
    Climate change exacerbates malnutrition in one of the world’s poorest countries
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    1. HeinzWittenbrink 17 Aug 2023
      country: Niger region: Sahel impact: malnutrition
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    irishtimes.com/world/africa/2023/02/17/climate-change-exacerbates-malnutrition-in-one-of-the-worlds-poorest-countries/
  11. Oct 2020
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    Sahel region is 'canary in the coalmine' on climate, says UN official
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    1. HeinzWittenbrink 19 Oct 2020

      Aktueller Bericht des UN-Beauftragen für die Sahel-Zone, für die Temperatur Steigerungen bis zu 8 Grad für dieses Jahrhundert vorausgesagt werden.

      climate emergency sahel 2020
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