🚁 Heli view: The missing link in Africa’s green economy

At least 15,700 Africans died last year in extreme weather disasters and a further 34 million were directly affected. That is only the beginning. 

• Droughts, floods and storms will unleash disease and exacerbate medical gaps.

• Climate change is expected to cost African healthcare an extra $2 trillion by 2050. 

• Of the 60 countries identified by the World Bank as most vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change, 38 are in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Missing bridge: The biggest hurdle to tackling the health crisis stemming from climate change is a disconnect between the medical sector and the green economy. 

• Both are growing fast, solving problems, but neither sees the other as a partner.

• There are exceptions, but they only prove the point that much is missing.