Opportunities for an African greenhouse gas observation system
| Autor: | Antonio Bombelli, Bjoern Fiedler, Mylene Ndisi, Lutz Merbold, Manuel Acosta, Ana López-Ballesteros, Arne Körtzinger, Aecia Nickless, Werner L. Kutsch, Wim Hugo, Sonja Leitner, Ville Kasurinen, Dong-Gill Kim, Joerg Helmschrot, Matthew Saunders, Emmanuel Salmon, Robert J. Scholes, Ingunn Skjelvan, Elisa Grieco, Alex Vermeulen, Johannes Beck |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0303 health sciences
Global and Planetary Change Nitrous oxide Food security 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Natural resource economics Climate Environmental research infrastructure Climate change 15. Life on land Radiative forcing 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences Industrialisation Carbon dioxide 13. Climate action Blueprint Greenhouse gas 11. Sustainability Land use land-use change and forestry Business Methane 030304 developmental biology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Diversity (business) |
| Zdroj: | Regional Environmental Change, 21 (4). Art.Nr. 104. Regional Environmental Change Merbold, L, Scholes, R J, Acosta, M, Beck, J, Bombelli, A, Fiedler, B, Grieco, E, Helmschrot, J, Hugo, W, Kasurinen, V, Kim, D G, Körtzinger, A, Leitner, S, López-Ballesteros, A, Ndisi, M, Nickless, A, Salmon, E, Saunders, M, Skjelvan, I, Vermeulen, A T & Kutsch, W L 2021, ' Opportunities for an African greenhouse gas observation system ', Regional Environmental Change, vol. 21, no. 4, 104 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-021-01823-w |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10113-021-01823-w |
| Popis: | Global population projections foresee the biggest increase to occur in Africa with most of the available uncultivated land to ensure food security remaining on the continent. Simultaneously, greenhouse gas emissions are expected to rise due to ongoing land use change, industrialisation, and transport amongst other reasons with Africa becoming a major emitter of greenhouse gases globally. However, distinct knowledge on greenhouse gas emissions sources and sinks as well as their variability remains largely unknown caused by its vast size and diversity and an according lack of observations across the continent. Thus, an environmental research infrastructure—as being setup in other regions—is more needed than ever. Here, we present the results of a design study that developed a blueprint for establishing such an environmental research infrastructure in Africa. The blueprint comprises an inventory of already existing observations, the spatial disaggregation of locations that will enable to reduce the uncertainty in climate forcing’s in Africa and globally as well as an overall estimated cost for such an endeavour of about 550 M€ over the next 30 years. We further highlight the importance of the development of an e-infrastructure, the necessity for capacity development and the inclusion of all stakeholders to ensure African ownership. |
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