ICTs for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

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dc.creatorCreech, Heather
dc.creatorAkoh, Ben
dc.creatorParry, Jo-Ellen
dc.date2014-07-28T20:45:53Z
dc.date2014-07-28T20:45:53Z
dc.date2014
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:55:05Z
dc.descriptionLike other regions of the world, Africa is beginning to experience the impacts of human-induced climate change. These observed changes in climate parameters have not occurred uniformly across Africa. Mitigation is concerned with reducing the level of greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth's atmosphere that are the principal causes of climate change. Adaptation is concerned not with prevention but, in the words of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, with adjustments in human and or natural systems to reduce adverse impacts or take advantage of opportunities that may arise from it. Information and communication technology (ICT) have had an increasing impact on economic and social development over the past two decades, resulting from their capacity to generate and disseminate information, to facilitate the coordination of different actors in and beyond government, and to make government, business, and development processes more efficient. ICTs also have a complex relationship with sustainability and with the underlying cause of climate change. This relationship can be described in terms of the effects of ICTs: first order (direct) effects concern the impacts which ICTs have on climate change, in particular the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the production, use and disposal of communications equipment and services, accounting for between 2 and 2.5 percent of global emissions. Second order (indirect) effects concern the role ICTs can play in reducing emissions resulting from other industrial sectors, by adopting ICTs to improve efficiency and production. Third order (societal) effects result from large-scale changes in social and economic behavior resulting from widespread use of ICTs, including changing patterns of trade, production and consumption, and global to local engagement of citizens in decision making.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19556504/icts-climate-change-adaptation-africa
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19026
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/19026
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412921
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO DATA
dc.subjectACIDIFICATION
dc.subjectADAPTATION ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectADAPTATION EFFORTS
dc.subjectADAPTATION FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectADAPTATION INTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectADAPTATION NEEDS
dc.subjectADAPTATION PLANNING
dc.subjectADAPTATION PLANS
dc.subjectADAPTATION POLICY
dc.subjectADAPTATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectADAPTATION SUPPORT
dc.subjectADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
dc.subjectADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectADAPTING
dc.subjectADAPTIVE CAPACITY
dc.subjectADAPTIVE CAPACITY OF FARMERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectATMOSPHERE
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY OF WATER
dc.subjectBASES
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCAPACITY-BUILDING
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCLEAN TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CONDITIONS
dc.subjectCLIMATE DISASTERS
dc.subjectCLIMATE IMPACTS
dc.subjectCLIMATE MODELLING
dc.subjectCLIMATE MODELLING SYSTEM
dc.subjectCLIMATE MONITORING
dc.subjectCLIMATE PARAMETERS
dc.subjectCLIMATE PROOFING
dc.subjectCLIMATE RESPONSE
dc.subjectCLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subjectCLIMATIC VARIATIONS
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectCONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCYCLONES
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDECREASE IN RAINFALL
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDIRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectDISASTER PREPAREDNESS
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.subjectDRY SEASON
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC SECTORS
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectENERGY PRICES
dc.subjectEXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS
dc.subjectEXTREME EVENTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectFIRE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFLOOD
dc.subjectFLOODING
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST RESERVES
dc.subjectFOREST RESOURCES
dc.subjectFORESTRY
dc.subjectFORESTRY POLICY
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectGLACIAL LAKE
dc.subjectGLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST
dc.subjectGLACIAL LAKES
dc.subjectGLOBAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectICE
dc.subjectICE FIELDS
dc.subjectIMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subjectIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINLAND LAKES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectLAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITY
dc.subjectLOWER PRICES
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT OF WATER
dc.subjectMANAGING CLIMATE RISK
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGY
dc.subjectMONSOONS
dc.subjectNATIONAL ADAPTATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL WATER POLICY
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTER
dc.subjectOCEANS
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPRECIPITATION
dc.subjectRAIN
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRAINFALL PATTERNS
dc.subjectRAINFALL VARIABILITY
dc.subjectREGIONAL CLIMATE
dc.subjectRIVERS
dc.subjectSEA WALLS
dc.subjectSEASON
dc.subjectSTRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE INCREASES
dc.subjectTEMPERATURES
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER POINTS
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWIND
dc.subjectWINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
dc.titleICTs for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

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