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African climate services need local knowledge, researchers find from 530-person study

Study across five countries shows practitioners want climate information merged with local expertise and land data.

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What to know

  • Researchers surveyed 530 people in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, and South Africa working on nature-based climate adaptation to understand their information needs.
  • Practitioners currently use rainfall forecasts, temperature data, and warnings about heatwaves, floods, and droughts but say these services lack local specificity and integration with livelihood and land data.
  • Effective climate services require institutional support for ongoing collaboration between scientists, service providers, local communities, and Indigenous knowledge holders—not just technical product development.

“We found that people wanted existing climate services to be improved. They also wanted new community specific services. These should combine weather and seasonal forecasts and projections about climate change with information about land, water, livelihoods and local knowledge.”

Research team, Ecosystem restoration researchers · AllAfrica / The Conversation Africa ↗

Research team (unnamed) Ecosystem restoration researchersAfrican climate adaptation practitioners Community members, farmers, NGOs, government staff using nature-based solutions

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    Study finds users want climate services merged with local and Indigenous knowledge

    The research identified that practitioners want existing climate services improved and new community-specific services created that combine weather forecasts, climate projections, and information about land, water, livelihoods, and local knowledge. The researchers emphasize that developing these services requires time, resources, and institutional commitment to bring together scientists, providers, users, and knowledge holders.

    “Simply asking people what climate information they need is not enough. Scientists, providers, users and local and Indigenous knowledge holders need the time, resources and incentives to develop climate services together.”
    — Research team
    1. 1 outlet Africa's climate services need local detail and knowledge, say people who use the information

      first by Phys.org, 9d ago

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    Researchers release findings on Africa's climate service gaps from 530-person study

    A research team published findings from interviews with 530 people across five African countries working on nature-based solutions—including mangrove restoration, sustainable grazing, and forest protection. The study examined what climate information these practitioners actually receive and use, and what they need going forward.

    1. 1 outlet Africa: Africa's Climate Services Need Local Detail and Knowledge, Say People Who Use the Information

      first by AllAfrica, 10d ago