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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab4dfe |
Identifying user needs for weather and climate services to enhance resilience to climate shocks in sub-Saharan Africa | |
Nkiaka E.; Taylor A.; Dougill A.J.; Antwi-Agyei P.; Fournier N.; Bosire E.N.; Konte O.; Lawal K.A.; Mutai B.; Mwangi E.; Ticehurst H.; Toure A.; Warnaars T. | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 17489318 |
卷号 | 14期号:12 |
英文摘要 | The vulnerability of social-ecological systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to climate variability and change means that there is an urgent need to better integrate weather and climate information into societal decision-making processes. Long-term climate adaptation in these regions has received increasing attention, with recent initiatives aiming to increase resilience to climate change at timescales of years to decades. Less focus has been given to weather and short-term climate information. However, users are principally interested in shorter timescales (hours to seasons) where actions can immediately reduce the impacts of severe weather events. Focusing on the priority sectors of agriculture and food security, water and disaster management, this paper uses a systematic literature review approach to analyse 61 empirical case studies drawn from academic literature and projects across SSA. We identify the main users of climate services and outline current practices and reported benefits. Barriers that impede the delivery and uptake of climate services are identified and potential strategies for overcoming them outlined based on the reporting of successful practices. Our findings show that greater capacity building of personnel working for National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and Agricultural Extension staff and reinforcing and sustaining collaboration between different stakeholders (climate scientists, hydrologists, extension workers, farmers and other user groups), are essential factors for improving the uptake and utility of weather and climate services to enhance resilience to climate shocks in SSA. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Agriculture; Decision making; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Food supply; Climate information; Climate variability and change; Decision making process; Empirical case studies; Hydrological services; Severe weather events; Social-ecological systems; Systematic literature review; Climate change; capacity building; climate change; nature-society relations; strategic approach; vulnerability; Africa |
来源期刊 | Environmental Research Letters |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154327 |
作者单位 | Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, United Kingdom; Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, United Kingdom; Department of Environmental Science, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, Kenya; Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie, Senegal; Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction Unit, Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Abuja, Nigeria; Kenya Meteorological Department, Kenya; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nkiaka E.,Taylor A.,Dougill A.J.,et al. Identifying user needs for weather and climate services to enhance resilience to climate shocks in sub-Saharan Africa[J],2019,14(12). |
APA | Nkiaka E..,Taylor A..,Dougill A.J..,Antwi-Agyei P..,Fournier N..,...&Warnaars T..(2019).Identifying user needs for weather and climate services to enhance resilience to climate shocks in sub-Saharan Africa.Environmental Research Letters,14(12). |
MLA | Nkiaka E.,et al."Identifying user needs for weather and climate services to enhance resilience to climate shocks in sub-Saharan Africa".Environmental Research Letters 14.12(2019). |
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