Interesting question. It would be interesting to know , despite so low carbon dioxide release per person compared to many of the developed countries , still African countries are most vulnerable to facd the brunt of the climate change , thereby , affecting the economic growth so badly ..

Interesting question. It would be interesting to know , despite so low carbon dioxide release per person compared to many of the developed countries , still African countries are most vulnerable to facd the brunt of the climate change , thereby , affecting the economic growth so badly ..

Besides land clearing, livestock population and coal based power plants are the other contributing factors to climate change in West Africa.

Besides land clearing, indiscriminate and excessive bush burning. Annual bush fires are very common especially in the Savannah ecologies. All these add up to the accumulation of gases in the atmosphere.

What about soil degradation ??

Good point Sushil...yes its quite predominant ..

All the causes that have been mentioned so far are true and correct, indicating (in my opinion) that high human population pressure and growth in west Africa is the paramount reason to explain global climate change. Therefore to succeed with a restoration/rehabilitation of the environment west African countries could proceed in this effort while enhancing education in human reproduction and fertility.

I suggest that indiscriminate burning of fuel and fossils release a lot CO,CO2 ,NO2 and sulphur based oxides into air to destroy the ozone layer This is because of uncontrolled gas flaring activities in oil industries .Others include green house emission from plants ,gases released from the ruminant animals ,deforestation activities and siltation of water bodies ,.Therefore,there must be more advocacy groups to educate people on sustainable management of natural resources such as forests,water bodies ,soils,plants and animals coupled with legislative laws to control exploitation and the need for international bodies to sign treaties on carbon trading and its implementation because air pollution from industrial countries has no boundary to control in air space

Use of fuel wood to cook contribute a lot towards climate change

Además del desmonte, la quema indiscriminada y excesiva de arbustos, . la degradación del suelo Los incendios forestales anuales son muy comunes, especialmente en las ecologías de Savannah. Todo esto se suma a la acumulación de gases en la atmósfera.

I thought population when properly channeled towards functional education could propel the economy with trickle down effect on the environment and welfare of citizens. For instance China is currently turning deserts into fully agricultural land. The West African ecology is far richer than Chinas ecology in terms of boidiversity, thus chances for improvement and sustainability is high despite high temperatures .