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There may be a lot of denialists around the world, but millions of people are unfortunately bearing the brunt of climate change induced disruptions to their lives. Let’s look at Zambia, a country that made a conscious decision to have an electricity grid powered by renewable energy, mostly hydro. This was a welcome and bold move that has, however, faced severe challenges due to prolonged droughts in recent times. This has resulted in low water levels, leading to lower than anticipated electricity generation capacity. Unfortunately, this led to Zambians experiencing loadshedding for up to 20 hours a day during the worst of times! To give an idea of how devastating the effects of climate change are, not long ago, Zambia declared excess generation capacity, which was mostly from hydro, and then the rains dried up. As covered here on CleanTechnica 4 years ago, this climate change induced drop in rainfall also led to low harvest and difficulties for cattle grazing, in particular in the southern parts of Zambia.
