Editing Angola (section)

===Climate===
{{Main|Climate of Angola}}
[[File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_AGO_present.svg|thumb|300px|Angola map of Köppen climate classification.]]

Like the rest of tropical Africa, Angola experiences distinct, alternating [[Monsoon|rainy]] and [[Dry season|dry]] seasons.<ref name=":1">{{citation-attribution|1={{cite encyclopedia|title=Angola: a country study|publisher=[[Federal Research Division]], Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/90003244/|year=1989|editor-last=Collelo|editor-first=Thomas|pages=57–61|oclc=44357178|access-date=19 June 2022|archive-date=8 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408100132/https://www.loc.gov/item/90003244/|url-status=live}}}}</ref> In the north, the rainy season may last for as long as seven months—usually from September to April, with perhaps a brief slackening in January or February.<ref name=":1" /> In the south, the rainy season begins later, in November, and lasts until about February.<ref name=":1" /> The dry season (''cacimbo'') is often characterized by a heavy morning mist.<ref name=":1" /> In general, precipitation is higher in the north, but at any latitude it is greater in the interior than along the coast and increases with altitude.<ref name=":1" /> Temperatures fall with distance from the equator and with altitude and tend to rise closer to the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name=":1" /> Thus, at [[Soyo]], at the mouth of the [[Congo River]], the average annual temperature is about 26&nbsp;°C, but it is under 16&nbsp;°C at [[Huambo]] on the temperate central plateau.<ref name=":1" /> The coolest months are July and August (in the middle of the dry season), when frost may sometimes form at higher altitudes.<ref name=":1" />

Due to [[climate change]], Angola's annual average temperature has increased by 1.4.°C since 1951, and is expected to keep rising<ref name=":52">{{Cite web |last=World Bank |date=2022 |title=Angola: Country Climate and Development Report |url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/f5d0bae7-8230-5d41-8466-b5031de9741e |access-date=9 December 2024 |publication-place=Washington |archive-date=27 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127055129/https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/f5d0bae7-8230-5d41-8466-b5031de9741e |url-status=live }}</ref> while rainfall is becoming more variable.<ref>{{Cite web |last=USAID |title=Climate change Adaption in ANGOLA |url=https://www.climatelinks.org/sites/default/files/asset/document/angola_adaptation_fact_sheet_jan2012.pdf |access-date=9 December 2024 |archive-date=15 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115134339/https://www.climatelinks.org/sites/default/files/asset/document/angola_adaptation_fact_sheet_jan2012.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Angola is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative |title=ND-GAIN Rankings |url=https://gain.nd.edu/our-work/country-index/rankings/ |access-date=9 December 2024 |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610151125/https://gain.nd.edu/our-work/country-index/rankings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Natural hazards such as [[flood]]s, erosion, [[drought]]s, and [[epidemic]]s (e.g.: [[malaria]], [[cholera]] and [[typhoid fever]]) are expected to worsen with climate change. [[Sea level rise|Rising sea levels]] also pose a significant risk to Angola's coastal areas, where around 50% of the population lives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal |title=Angola |url=https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/angola |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org |language=en}}</ref>

In 2023 Angola emitted 174.71 million tonnes of [[greenhouse gas]]es, around 0.32% of the world's total emissions, making it the 46th highest emitting country.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Matthew W. |last2=Peters |first2=Glen P. |last3=Gasser |first3=Thomas |last4=Andrew |first4=Robbie M. |last5=Schwingshackl |first5=Clemens |last6=Gütschow |first6=Johannes |last7=Houghton |first7=Richard A. |last8=Friedlingstein |first8=Pierre |last9=Pongratz |first9=Julia |last10=Le Quéré |first10=Corinne |date=2023-03-29 |title=National contributions to climate change due to historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1850 |url=https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02041-1 |journal=Scientific Data |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=155 |doi=10.1038/s41597-023-02041-1 |pmid=36991071 |pmc=10060593 |bibcode=2023NatSD..10..155J |issn=2052-4463|hdl=11250/3119366 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> In its [[Nationally determined contribution|Nationally Determined Contribution]], Angola has pledged a 14% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and an additional 10% reduction conditional on international support.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Climate Watch |title=Angola |url=https://www.climatewatchdata.org/countries/AGO?end_year=2021&start_year=1990 |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=www.climatewatchdata.org |archive-date=15 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115134355/https://www.climatewatchdata.org/countries/AGO?end_year=2021&start_year=1990 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the [[World Bank]], achieving [[climate resilience]] in Angola requires diversifying the country's economy away from its dependence on oil.<ref name=":52" />