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Zero investigates lagging climate science in Africa: Bloomberg’s podcast typically delves into the policies, tactics, and clean technologies that will lead us to a zero-emissions future as the world fights climate change. In a recent episode, award winning climate reporter Akshat Rathi brings attention to Africa’s suffering due to climate change — even though it only contributes 2–3% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a recent report by the World Meteorological Organization. People and businesses are being harmed by severe droughts and damaging floods and the situation is deteriorating, as the episode reveals, with predictions that four out of five African countries will lack access to sustainably managed water resources by 2030 (listen, runtime 32:44).