The majority of available climate data in global digital archives consist of data only from the
1940s or 1950s onwards, and many of these series have gaps and/or are available for only …

Availability of and access to climate data and information products is critical to achieving
climate resilient development. However, climate information is not widely used in Africa …

Climate services can contribute to alleviating a range of climate-sensitive development
challenges, including those of agricultural production and food security. However, the use of …

A major task of the newly established “Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate
Change and Adaptive Land Management”(SASSCAL; www. sasscal. org) and its partners is …

In November 2021, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)
meeting was held in Glasgow, UK. This was a critical meeting regarding countries sticking to …

The Development & Climate Days celebrated its 10th anniversary at the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 18 in Doha, Qatar (1–2 December 2012) …

SIR—I warmly approve your Editorial 'Millennium development holes'(Nature 446, 347;
2007) about the lack of weather data from Africa and other developing countries. A further …

Climate change poses a major threat to environmental sustainability. Africa in particular, is
vulnerable with projected worsening food security, increased threats to public health …

Maprooms are powerful and freely accessible online visuals of climate data tailored to the
agricultural and other sectors, play a large role in making climate information more …

distinguish this report from them. In 2005, the IRI published “Sustainable development in
Africa: is the climate right?”(IRI, 2005). The report outlined the need for a better appreciation …