Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Peer reviewers
- Editor's note
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Preface
- Preface
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- List of SI prefixes
- List of unit abbreviations
- List of chemical formulae
- Part I Science
- Part II Sustainable energy development, mitigation and policy
- Part III Vulnerability and adaptation
- 18 Potential impacts of sea-level rise on populations and agriculture
- 19 Sea-level rise and coastal biodiversity in West Africa: a case study from Ghana
- 20 The impacts of ENSO in Africa
- 21 Climate policy implications of the recent ENSO events in a small island context
- 22 El Niño causes dramatic outbreak of Paederus dermatitis in East Africa
- 23 The role of indigenous plants in household adaptation to climate change: the Kenyan experience
- 24 Requirements for integrated assessment modelling at the regional and national levels in Africa to address climate change
- 25 Climate and disaster risk reduction in Africa
- Part IV Capacity-building
- Part V Lessons from the Montreal Protocol
- Index
24 - Requirements for integrated assessment modelling at the regional and national levels in Africa to address climate change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Peer reviewers
- Editor's note
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Preface
- Preface
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- List of SI prefixes
- List of unit abbreviations
- List of chemical formulae
- Part I Science
- Part II Sustainable energy development, mitigation and policy
- Part III Vulnerability and adaptation
- 18 Potential impacts of sea-level rise on populations and agriculture
- 19 Sea-level rise and coastal biodiversity in West Africa: a case study from Ghana
- 20 The impacts of ENSO in Africa
- 21 Climate policy implications of the recent ENSO events in a small island context
- 22 El Niño causes dramatic outbreak of Paederus dermatitis in East Africa
- 23 The role of indigenous plants in household adaptation to climate change: the Kenyan experience
- 24 Requirements for integrated assessment modelling at the regional and national levels in Africa to address climate change
- 25 Climate and disaster risk reduction in Africa
- Part IV Capacity-building
- Part V Lessons from the Montreal Protocol
- Index
Summary
Keywords
African policy maker needs; end-to-end model; IMAGE 2; integrated assessment model; impact assessment; national integrated model; SADC
Abstarct
Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are important tools for assessing impacts and adaptation options for climate change at the global level. This chapter discusses some requirements for integrated models at the national and regional level in Africa. It is based on two meetings in southern Africa in April 1999, and subsequent discussions. The first meeting was held in Harare, Zimbabwe, and included representatives from different agencies and institutions doing work in the southern African region; the second was held in Lilongwe, Malawi, and involved representatives from different government departments and university scientists within Malawi. There is great potential for application of IAMs in African countries to help understand problems of water and food insecurity in the face of climate change. Alternative development futures will need to take into account how climate variability and extremes interact with health, social and economic factors such as HIV/AIDS and poverty in impacting upon development. In this chapter we outline important elements of an integrated model suitable for application at the national to regional level, and discuss important next steps for Africa.
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- Climate Change and Africa , pp. 260 - 270Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005