CAPETOWN, South Africa (AFP) — Climate change is already happening in South Africa, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday during a visit to a biodiversity centre in Capetown.
"You can see that climate change is already a reality here," said Merkel, as she visited Biota Africa, a centre where German and South African scientists conduct research on African climate change.
"Climate change is more obvious in South Africa than in Germany," she said.
"If the temperature rises seven degrees in South Africa, then it is too late," said Merkel, on her third day of her South African visit.
Merkel had a meeting with South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday in Pretoria, and then met former president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Saturday.
She is expected to go to Liberia on Sunday, the last stop on her first sub-Saharan Africa trip.
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