Climate change predicted to wipe out two-thirds of African countries' GDP by 2100

Christian Aid's analysis claimed that based on current climate policies, where global temperature rise reaches 2.7C by the end of the century, African countries can expect to suffer an average GDP hit of -20% by 2050 and of -64% by 2100.

Almost two-thirds of the gross domestic product (GDP) of African countries will be wiped out by the end of the century by the fall-out from climate change.

That "grim" prognosis is according to an analysis from the Christian Aid charity, which used methodology from 2015 peer-reviewed research into global warming and economic fall-out, to apply future projections to 2100.