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Review
. 2013;10(1):e1001374.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001374. Epub 2013 Jan 22.

Reducing vulnerability to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for better evidence

Nothemba Kula  1 , Andy Haines, Robert Fryatt
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Review

Reducing vulnerability to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for better evidence

Nothemba Kula et al. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

Robert Fryatt and colleagues argue for more attention to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that has contributed the least greenhouse gas emissions to the world's total but is more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change than any other.

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Conflict of interest statement

RF is an adviser for DFID. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.

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