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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aad66c |
Towards a feasible and representative pan-African research infrastructure network for GHG observations | |
Lopez-Ballesteros, Ana1; Beck, Johannes2; Bombelli, Antonio3; Grieco, Elisa3; Lorencova, Eliska Krkoska4; Merbold, Lutz5; Brummer, Christian6; Hugo, Wim7; Scholes, Robert8; Vackar, David4; Vermeulen, Alex9; Acosta, Manuel4; Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus10; Helmschrot, Jorg2,11; Kim, Dong-Gill12; Jones, Michael1; Jorch, Veronika5; Pavelka, Marian4; Skjelvan, Ingunn13,14; Saunders, Matthew1 | |
2018-08-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 13期号:8 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Ireland; Namibia; Italy; Czech Republic; Kenya; Germany; South Africa; Sweden; Ethiopia; Norway |
英文摘要 | There is currently a lack of representative, systematic and harmonised greenhouse gas (GHG) observations covering the variety of natural and human-altered biomes that occur in Africa. This impedes the long-term assessment of the drivers of climate change, in addition to their impacts and feedback loops at the continental scale, but also limits our understanding of the contribution of the African continent to the global carbon (C) cycle. Given the current and projected transformation of socio-economic conditions in Africa (i.e. the increasing trend of urbanisation and population growth) and the adverse impacts of climate change, the development of a GHG research infrastructure (RI) is needed to support the design of suitable mitigation and adaptation strategies required to assure food, fuel, nutrition and economic security for the African population. This paper presents the initial results of the EU-African SEACRIFOG project, which aims to design a GHG observation RI for Africa. The first stages of this project included the identification and engagement of key stakeholders, the definition of the conceptual monitoring framework and an assessment of existing infrastructural capacity. Feedback from stakeholder sectors was obtained through three Stakeholder Consultation Workshops held in Kenya, Ghana and Zambia. Main concerns identified were data quality and accessibility, the need for capacity building and networking among the scientific community, and adaptation to climate change, which was confirmed to be a priority for Africa. This feedback in addition to input from experts in the atmospheric, terrestrial and oceanic thematic areas, facilitated the selection of a set of 'essential variables' that need to be measured in the future environmental RI. An inventory of 47 existing and planned networks across the continent allowed for an assessment of the current RIs needs and gaps in Africa. Overall, the development of a harmonised and standardised pan-African RI will serve to address the continent's primary societal and scientific challenges through a potential cross-domain synergy among existing and planned networks at regional, continental and global scales. |
英文关键词 | research infrastructures GHG observations Africa climate change environmental monitoring adaptation cooperation |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000441824300001 |
WOS关键词 | GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS ; NITROUS-OXIDE EMISSIONS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; LAND-USE ; METHANE EMISSIONS ; SYSTEMS ; IMPACTS ; UNCERTAINTIES ; DEGRADATION ; VARIABILITY |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/32140 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Trinity Coll Dublin, Sch Nat Sci, Dept Bot, Dublin, Ireland; 2.Southern African Sci Serv Ctr Climate Change & Ad, Windhoek, Namibia; 3.Fdn Euromediterranean Ctr Climate Change CMCC, Impacts Agr Forests & Ecosyst Serv Div, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy; 4.Czech Acad Sci, Global Change Res Inst, Belidla 986-4a, Brno 60300, Czech Republic; 5.ILRI, Mazingira Ctr, POB 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya; 6.Thunen Inst Climate Smart Agr, Braunschweig, Germany; 7.South African Environm Observat Network, Pretoria, South Africa; 8.Univ Witwatersrand, Global Change Inst, Johannesburg, South Africa; 9.ICOS ERIC, Carbon Portal, Solvegatan 12, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden; 10.Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Meteorol & Climate Res, Atmospher Environm Res, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany; 11.Stellenbosch Univ, Fac AgriSci, Dept Soil Sci, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch, South Africa; 12.Hawassa Univ, Wondo Genet Coll Forestry & Nat Resources, POB 128, Shashemene, Ethiopia; 13.Uni Res, Jahnebakken 5, NO-5007 Bergen, Norway; 14.Bjerknes Ctr Climate Res, Jahnebakken 5, NO-5007 Bergen, Norway |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lopez-Ballesteros, Ana,Beck, Johannes,Bombelli, Antonio,et al. Towards a feasible and representative pan-African research infrastructure network for GHG observations[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,13(8). |
APA | Lopez-Ballesteros, Ana.,Beck, Johannes.,Bombelli, Antonio.,Grieco, Elisa.,Lorencova, Eliska Krkoska.,...&Saunders, Matthew.(2018).Towards a feasible and representative pan-African research infrastructure network for GHG observations.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,13(8). |
MLA | Lopez-Ballesteros, Ana,et al."Towards a feasible and representative pan-African research infrastructure network for GHG observations".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 13.8(2018). |
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