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Climate Risk in Africa, 1st ed. 2021
Adaptation and Resilience
Coordinators: Conway Declan, Vincent Katharine
Language: EnglishSubjects for Climate Risk in Africa:
Keywords
climate risk; climate change; climate adaptation; climate resilience; co-prodution; Future Climate For Africa; Climate services; sustainable development; Climate-resilient development; Agro-meteorology; Hydropower in Africa; renewable energy; urban planning; climate education; Open Access; Environmental Geography; climate change impacts
168 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Hardback
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Declan Conway is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute of the London School of Economics, UK. His problem-focused research cuts across water, climate and society, with emphasis on adaptation and the water-energy-food nexus.
Katharine Vincent is a director of Kulima Integrated Development Solutions and holds visiting researcher positions at the Universities of the Witwatersrand, KwaZulu Natal and Leeds. She is interested in adaptation to climate change in the global South, and much of her work spans the science-policy/practice divide.
Presents examples of recent attempts to strengthen the use of climate information in decision processes in sub-Saharan Africa
Highlights the complexities of climate adaptation related decision making
Based on the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) applied research programme
This is an Open Access book