Towards a feasible and representative pan-African research infrastructure network for GHG observations

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.contributor.affiliationTrinity College Dublin
cg.contributor.affiliationSouthern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management, Namibia
cg.contributor.affiliationEuro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
cg.contributor.affiliationGlobal Change Research Institute, Czech Republic
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationThünen Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationSouth African Environmental Observation Network
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of the Witwatersrand
cg.contributor.affiliationIntegrated Carbon Observation System, Sweden
cg.contributor.affiliationKarlsruhe Institute of Technology
cg.contributor.affiliationStellenbosch University
cg.contributor.affiliationHawassa University
cg.contributor.affiliationBjerknes Centre for Climate Research
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Union
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.regionAfricaWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierLutz Merbold: 0000-0003-4974-170X
cg.creator.identifierKlaus Butterbach-Bahl: 0000-0001-9499-6598
cg.creator.identifierDong-Gill Kim: 0000-0003-3084-2658
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aad66c
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn1748-9326
cg.issue8
cg.journalEnvironmental Research Letters
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.ilriCLIMATE CHANGE
cg.subject.ilriENVIRONMENT
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCK
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCH
cg.volume13
dc.contributor.authorLópez Ballesteros, A.
dc.contributor.authorBeck, J.
dc.contributor.authorBombelli, A.
dc.contributor.authorGrieco, E.
dc.contributor.authorLorencová, E.K.
dc.contributor.authorMerbold, Lutz
dc.contributor.authorBrümmer, C.
dc.contributor.authorHugo, W.
dc.contributor.authorScholes, R.
dc.contributor.authorVačkář, D.
dc.contributor.authorVermeulen, A.
dc.contributor.authorAcosta, M.
dc.contributor.authorButterbach-Bahl, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorHelmschrot, J.
dc.contributor.authorDong-Gill Kim
dc.contributor.authorJones, M.
dc.contributor.authorJorch, Veronika
dc.contributor.authorPavelka, M.
dc.contributor.authorSkjelvan, I.
dc.contributor.authorSaunders, M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-24T12:29:45Zen
dc.date.available2018-08-24T12:29:45Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/96905
dc.titleTowards a feasible and representative pan-African research infrastructure network for GHG observationsen
dcterms.abstractThere 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2018-08-15
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLópez-Ballesteros, A., Beck, J., Bombelli, A., Grieco, E., Lorencová, E. K., Merbold, L., Brümmer, C., Hugo, W., Scholes, R., Vačkář, D., Vermeulen, A., Acosta, M., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Helmschrot, J., Kim, D., Jones, M., Jorch, V., Pavelka, M., Skjelvan, I. and Saunders, M. 2018. Towards a feasible and representative pan-African research infrastructure network for GHG observations. Environmental Research Letters 13(8):en
dcterms.issued2018-08-14
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0
dcterms.publisherIOP Publishing
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectenvironmental monitoringen
dcterms.subjectadaptationen
dcterms.subjectgreenhouse gasesen
dcterms.subjectresearchen
dcterms.subjectinfrastructureen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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