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African perspectives on climate change research

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The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) is being held in November 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Having a climate summit hosted in an African country makes it timely to highlight climate change research from the continent. We asked a selection of researchers to share their thoughts on current research questions and how they affect African responses to climate change.

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The views and opinions expressed by N.S.O. are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

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  1. International Water Management Institute, Cairo, Egypt

    Maha Al-Zu’bi

  2. Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia

    Sintayehu W. Dejene

  3. Institut National de l’Eau, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

    Jean Hounkpè

  4. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Wildlife and Environmental Sciences, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

    Olga Laiza Kupika

  5. Urban Action Lab Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

    Shuaib Lwasa

  6. International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Shuaib Lwasa

  7. Chief Officer for Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change in Makueni County, Wote, Kenya

    Mary Mbenge

  8. International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya

    Caroline Mwongera

  9. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Nadia S. Ouedraogo

  10. LASMES, UFR SSMT, University Félix-Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

    N’ Datchoh Evelyne Touré

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Correspondence to Maha Al-Zu’bi, Sintayehu W. Dejene, Jean Hounkpè, Olga Laiza Kupika, Shuaib Lwasa, Mary Mbenge, Caroline Mwongera, Nadia S. Ouedraogo or N’ Datchoh Evelyne Touré.

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Al-Zu’bi, M., Dejene, S.W., Hounkpè, J. et al. African perspectives on climate change research. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 1078–1084 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01519-x

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