Working group: Climate change Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Forests

Mission

Climate variability and land use greatly affect the functioning, composition, diversity and spatial distribution of all ecosystem types globally. Thus, understanding biota (plants, animals, macro-/micro-organisms, humans) responses to climate stressors and predicting future eﬀects of the stressors on ecosystem management and restoration, is vital in climate change research. However, in most African regions, little effort has been made on data mobilization and dissemination to catalyse knowledge production that can guide policy makers and civil societies to effectively participate in sustainable management.

The mission of the climapAfrica Working group "Climate Change Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Forests", under the umbrella of the Climate Research Alumni and Postdocs in Africa (climapAfrica) programme is to help fill knowledge gaps and promote effective communication of climate science beyond academia to enable heterogeneity of climate knowledge for understanding, engagement and accelerating action in Africa.