Friday, December 28, 2012

African scientists call for climate change evidence

SciDevNet: African scientists urgently need to build more evidence on the impact of climate change on the continent, a conference has heard. A joint statement issued at the eighth Annual Meeting of African Science Academies last month (12--14November) in Nigeria, notes that Africa lacks much home-grown data about the impacts of extreme weather events and sea level rise. It says: "Actions required of science include contributions to the development of risk assessments and mapping for various anticipated...

URL: http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/news/african-scientists-call-for-climate-change-evidence.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment

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