International scientific collaboration, World Weather Attribution has released a report that found that a La Niña climate pattern, climate change, high exposure and vulnerability combined, led to devastating floods in parts of Southern Africa. The report highlights the disproportionately severe impact of the recent deadly floods, on low-income and marginalised communities. The report is the product of a collaboration among researchers from Mozambique, South Africa, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, the United States, and the United Kingdom, who collaborated to assess the extent to which human-induced climate change altered the likelihood and intensity of the heavy rainfall event. The findings further point to poor housing quality and inadequate infrastructure as significantly increasing exposure and vulnerability to flooding. For a look at what the findings mean, Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Professor Francois Engelbrecht, Director of the Global Change Institute (GCI) at Wits University, in South Africa

<p>International scientific collaboration, World Weather Attribution has released a report that found that a La Ni&ntilde;a climate pattern, climate change, high exposure and vulnerability combined, led to devastating floods in parts of Southern Africa. The report highlights the disproportionately severe impact of the recent deadly floods, on low-income and marginalised communities. The report is the product of a collaboration among researchers from Mozambique, South Africa, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, the United States, and the United Kingdom, who collaborated to assess the extent to which human-induced climate change altered the likelihood and intensity of the heavy rainfall event. The findings further point to poor housing quality and inadequate infrastructure as significantly increasing exposure and vulnerability to flooding. For a look at what the findings mean, Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Professor Francois Engelbrecht, Director of the Global Change Institute (GCI) at Wits University, in South Africa</p>

An English news and current affairs wrap with a fresh take on the day’s top stories, hosted by the seasoned journalist Tsepiso Makwetla.

<p>An English news and current affairs wrap with a fresh take on the day&rsquo;s top stories, hosted by the seasoned journalist Tsepiso Makwetla.</p>