Ensuring climate information guides long-term development

Jones, Lindsey; Dougill, A; Jones, Richard G.; Steynor, A; Watkiss, P; Kane, C; Koelle, B; Moufouma-Okia, W; Padgham, J; Ranger, N; Roux, Jean-Pierre; Suarez, P; Tanner, Thomas; Vincent, Katharine

Abstract

Many sub-Saharan countries are failing to include climate information in long-term development planning. Ensuring climate-resilient development requires a step change in how medium- to long-term climate information is produced, communicated and utilized in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.

Citation

Jones, L., Dougill, A., Jones, R. G., Steynor, A., Watkiss, P., Kane, C., Koelle, B., Moufouma-Okia, W., Padgham, J., Ranger, N., Roux, J.-P., Suarez, P., Tanner, T., & Vincent, K. (2015). Ensuring climate information guides long-term development. Nature Climate Change, 5, 812-814. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2701

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Aug 21, 2015
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 30, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 30, 2019
• Journal: Nature Climate Change
• Print ISSN: 1758-678X
• Electronic ISSN: 1758-6798
• Publisher: Nature Research
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Pages: 812-814
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2701
• Keywords: Communication, Decision making, Developing world, Policy
• Related Public URLs: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2701; https://futureclimateafrica.org/