Understanding the connections between climate change, air pollution, and human health in Africa: Insights from a literature review

DA Ayejoto, JC Agbasi, VE Nwazelibe… - … Science and Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change and air pollution are two interconnected global challenges that have
profound impacts on human health. In Africa, a continent known for its rich biodiversity and …

Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate

SI Seneviratne, X Zhang, M Adnan, W Badi… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
Caption: Table A. 11. 2. Synthesis table summarising assessments presented in Tables 11.4-
11.21 for hot extremes (HOT EXT.), heavy precipitation (HEAVY PRECIP.), agriculture and …

[HTML][HTML] An update of IPCC climate reference regions for subcontinental analysis of climate model data: Definition and aggregated datasets

M Iturbide, JM Gutiérrez, LM Alves… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Several sets of reference regions have been used in the literature for the regional synthesis
of observed and modelled climate and climate change information. A popular example is the …

Impacts of 1.5 C global warming on natural and human systems

O Hoegh-Guldberg, D Jacob, M Bindi… - Global warming of …, 2018 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Abstract An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 C above pre-
industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of …

Potential impacts of climate, land use and land cover changes on hydropower generation in West Africa: a review

S Obahoundje, A Diedhiou - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This study aims to review the existing literature on the past and future effects of climate, land
use, and land cover changes on hydropower generation in West Africa (WA), based on …

Projected future daily characteristics of African precipitation based on global (CMIP5, CMIP6) and regional (CORDEX, CORDEX-CORE) climate models

A Dosio, MW Jury, M Almazroui, M Ashfaq, I Diallo… - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
We provide an assessment of future daily characteristics of African precipitation by explicitly
comparing the results of large ensembles of global (CMIP5, CMIP6) and regional (CORDEX …

Increased high-temperature extremes and associated population exposure in Africa by the mid-21st century

V Iyakaremye, G Zeng, X Yang, G Zhang, I Ullah… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous studies warned that heat extremes are likely to intensify and frequently occur in the
future due to climate change. Apart from changing climate, the population's size and …

The performance of CMIP6 versus CMIP5 in simulating temperature extremes over the global land surface

X Fan, C Miao, Q Duan, C Shen… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Simulations from the models participating in the sixth phase of the Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), which represent the most recent generation of climate …

Ecological environment quality evaluation of the Sahel region in Africa based on remote sensing ecological index

S Wu, X Gao, J Lei, N Zhou, Z Guo, B Shang - Journal of Arid Land, 2022 - Springer
Long-term monitoring of the ecological environment changes is helpful for the protection of
the ecological environment. Based on the ecological environment of the Sahel region in …

[HTML][HTML] Debilitating floods in the Sahel are becoming frequent

NA Elagib, IS Al Zayed, SAG Saad, MI Mahmood… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the long-lasting and widespread drought in the Sahel, flood events did punctuate in
the past. The concern about floods remains dwarf on the international research and policy …