Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development
Development efforts for poverty reduction and food security in sub‐Saharan Africa will have to consider future climate change impacts. Large uncertainties in climate change impact assessments do not necessarily complicate, but can inform development strategies. The design of development strategies w...
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| author | Müller, Christoph Waha, Katharina Bondeau, Alberte Heinke, Jens |
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| description | Development efforts for poverty reduction and food security in sub‐Saharan Africa will have to consider future climate change impacts. Large uncertainties in climate change impact assessments do not necessarily complicate, but can inform development strategies. The design of development strategies will need to consider the likelihood, strength, and interaction of climate change impacts across biosphere properties. We here explore the spread of climate change impact projections and develop a composite impact measure to identify hotspots of climate change impacts, addressing likelihood and strength of impacts. Overlapping impacts in different biosphere properties (e.g. flooding, yields) will not only claim additional capacity to respond, but will also narrow the options to respond and develop. Regions with severest projected climate change impacts often coincide with regions of high population density and poverty rates. Science and policy need to propose ways of preparing these areas for development under climate change impacts. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1293352024-08-27T06:52:56Z Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development Müller, Christoph Waha, Katharina Bondeau, Alberte Heinke, Jens climate change climate adaptation development africa impacts ecology Development efforts for poverty reduction and food security in sub‐Saharan Africa will have to consider future climate change impacts. Large uncertainties in climate change impact assessments do not necessarily complicate, but can inform development strategies. The design of development strategies will need to consider the likelihood, strength, and interaction of climate change impacts across biosphere properties. We here explore the spread of climate change impact projections and develop a composite impact measure to identify hotspots of climate change impacts, addressing likelihood and strength of impacts. Overlapping impacts in different biosphere properties (e.g. flooding, yields) will not only claim additional capacity to respond, but will also narrow the options to respond and develop. Regions with severest projected climate change impacts often coincide with regions of high population density and poverty rates. Science and policy need to propose ways of preparing these areas for development under climate change impacts. 2014-08 2023-03-10T14:33:24Z 2023-03-10T14:33:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129335 en Limited Access Wiley Müller, Christoph; Waha, Katharina; Bondeau, Alberte; Heinke, Jens. 2014. Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development. Global Change Biology 20: 2505-2517 |
| spellingShingle | climate change climate adaptation development africa impacts ecology Müller, Christoph Waha, Katharina Bondeau, Alberte Heinke, Jens Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development |
| title | Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development |
| title_full | Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development |
| title_fullStr | Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development |
| title_short | Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development |
| title_sort | hotspots of climate change impacts in sub saharan africa and implications for adaptation and development |
| topic | climate change climate adaptation development africa impacts ecology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129335 |
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