The rare heat wave experienced by Mali and Burkina Faso would be 1 degree Celsius hotter when global warming reaches 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial era and 10-times more frequent than ...

“Climate change is fueling the dangerously hot temperatures unfolding this week in Burkina Faso and Mali ... fossil fuels and heat the planet, we can expect heat waves like this–and the ...

Years of war and food insecurity in the region made the extreme heat especially dangerous ... a research group in Burkina Faso in a news release. South Sudan is particularly vulnerable after ...

Man-made climate change increased the likelihood of the heat wave gripping South Sudan ... a climate scientist for the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Burkina Faso and one of the study's authors.