Climate change in Zimbabwe

This bar chart is a visual representation of the change in temperature in the past 100+ years. Each stripe represents the temperature averaged over a year. The average temperature in 1971–2000 is set as the boundary between blue and red colors, and the color scale varies from ±2.6 standard deviations of the annual average temperatures between the years mentioned in the file name

Climate change impacts are occurring in Zimbabwe. Climate change is the result of the Earth's climate undergoing long-term changes due to the release of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). These gases trap heat in the atmosphere, leading to global warming and a hotter planet. Human activities, such as the use of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), as well as large-scale commercial agriculture and deforestation, are responsible for the release of these greenhouse gases.[1][2] The country's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is very minimal.

  1. ^ Anna, Brazier (2015). Climate Change in Zimbabwe Facts for Planners and Decision Makers. Harare: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. ISBN 978-0-7974-6744-6.
  2. ^ "The effects of climate change in Zimbabwe". www.oneyoungworld.com. Retrieved 2023-11-04.