Hotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and development

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMediterranean Institute of Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecologyen
cg.contributor.affiliationPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Researchen
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry of Education and Research, Germanyen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12586en
cg.issn1354-1013en
cg.issn1365-2486en
cg.issue8en
cg.journalGlobal Change Biologyen
cg.subject.ilriCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.volume20en
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Christophen
dc.contributor.authorWaha, Katharinaen
dc.contributor.authorBondeau, Alberteen
dc.contributor.authorHeinke, Jensen
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-10T14:33:24Zen
dc.date.available2023-03-10T14:33:24Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129335
dc.titleHotspots of climate change impacts in sub‐Saharan Africa and implications for adaptation and developmenten
dcterms.abstractDevelopment 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2014-05-05
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMüller, 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: 2505-2517en
dcterms.extentp. 2505-2517en
dcterms.issued2014-08
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectclimateen
dcterms.subjectadaptationen
dcterms.subjectdevelopmenten
dcterms.subjectafricaen
dcterms.subjectimpactsen
dcterms.subjectecologyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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