Africa hosts first climate summit as experts warn continent underprepared

Africa is on the front line of the climate emergency, yet does not have the technology to forecast extreme weather events (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP)

Africa’s 1.3 billion people are on the front line of the climate emergency but most live with little advance knowledge of what is to come.

A lack of reliable daily forecasting, which much of the rest of the world takes for granted, can be both deadly and expensive, with damage running in the billions.