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Building resilience to face recurring environmental crisis in African Sahel

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  • Emily Boyd

    (Human Environments Research Group, and the Centre for Food Security, University of Reading, Whiteknights
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
    Walker Institute for Climate System Research, University of Reading)

  • Rosalind J. Cornforth

    (Walker Institute for Climate System Research, University of Reading
    AfClix, National Centre for Atmospheric Science (Climate Directorate), University of Reading)

  • Peter J. Lamb

    (Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and School of Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma)

  • Aondover Tarhule

    (The University of Oklahoma)

  • M. Issa Lélé

    (Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and School of Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma)

  • Alan Brouder

    (Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction)

Abstract

Access to timely climate information is critical for empowering proactive decision-making to absorb climate shocks that would otherwise lead to large-scale humanitarian crises. The value of Rainwatch — a prototype geographical information system designed to increase interactions between local climate information users, their providers and supporting groups — is illustrated in the case of the unfavourable West African 2011 monsoon.

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  • Emily Boyd & Rosalind J. Cornforth & Peter J. Lamb & Aondover Tarhule & M. Issa Lélé & Alan Brouder, 2013. "Building resilience to face recurring environmental crisis in African Sahel," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(7), pages 631-637, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:7:d:10.1038_nclimate1856
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1856
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