{"title":"Woody species’ carbon sequestration and soil seed bank conservation potentials of traditional rangeland management strategies in Western Guji, Southern Ethiopia","authors":"Jatani Garbole , Beyene Teklu","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100459","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100459","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rangelands are important for mitigating climate change and rehabilitating land by storing carbon from woody plants and seeds in the soil. However, there is a lack of empirical data on how traditional rangeland management practices (such as enclosure, communal grazing and prescribed fire) affect the carbon storage of woody species and the conservation potential of soil seed banks. This study evaluates the carbon sequestration and soil seed bank conservation potential of traditional rangeland management practices in the Western Guji zone, Ethiopia. A total of 32 sample plots were established using systematic random sampling, with 12 in each management practice, to measure woody biomass and estimate carbon stock using a nondestructive method. Additionally, 72 soil samples were collected for soil seed bank analysis, with 24 samples taken from each type of rangeland management practice. The study found that enclosures had the highest amount of carbon stocks 63.1 tons per hectare (t ha<sup>−1</sup>), with a corresponding carbon dioxide equivalent (CO<sub>2</sub>e) sequestration of 231.58 t ha<sup>-</sup>1, followed by communal grazing areas that stored 27.05 t ha<sup>−1</sup> of carbon with a CO<sub>2</sub>e sequestration of 99.27 t ha<sup>−1</sup>. Prescribed fire had the lowest carbon stocks at 19.39 t ha<sup>−1</sup>, with a CO<sub>2</sub>e sequestration of 71.16 t ha<sup>−1</sup>. The study also found that different traditional rangeland management practices significantly influenced the diversity, richness, and density of woody species in soil seed banks. The highest Shannon diversity was recorded in enclosures (3.56 ± 0.09), followed by communal grazing (2.87 ± 0.14) and prescribed fire (1.27 ± 0.08). As a result, enclosure promotes the storage of carbon in woody plants and increases the diversity, density, and richness of woody species seeds in the soil, while prescribed fire reduces it. Therefore, it recommend for pastoralists to expand the use of enclosures as it improves the potential for conserving carbon stocks and soil seed banks of woody species.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100459"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724001272/pdfft?md5=e042615f71098dd735541db7a2b9d638&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972724001272-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141997355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"World natural heritage conservation integrates the sustainable development goals from the public perspective in Guilin, China","authors":"Li Xu , Guizhen He , Liding Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100457","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100457","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>World Natural Heritage sites are globally significant natural and cultural landscapes, serve as crucial benchmarks of human efforts in conservation and contribute to broader sustainable development agendas. This study aims to investigate the multifaceted relationship between World Natural Heritage conservation and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) regarding public perception. We focus on the Guilin Karst region and explore the viewpoints of 520 local residents living around the Guilin World Natural Heritage site. The findings demonstrate that most residents deeply understand and care about preserving heritage, express their satisfaction with it, and are willing to increase taxes to support heritage conservation. Additionally, they perceive the multifaceted influence of natural heritage site conservation on the SDGs. Living closer to the Guilin Karst region has a stronger impact on long-term residents’ conservation and sustainability perception. Incorporating the viewpoints of the local community into World Natural Heritage conservation and sustainable development, the study fosters a more inclusive and participatory approach towards managing and safeguarding our shared natural heritage.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100457"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724001259/pdfft?md5=bb74d03d2a45719c73ebdb153f130268&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972724001259-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141990867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global disparities in CO2 emissions from mobility sectors of diverse economies: A macroscopic exploration across 188 countries/regions","authors":"Bailing Zhang , Jing Kang , Tao Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100455","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100455","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emissions represents a global challenge, and the mobility sectors account for a considerable portion of total emissions, with marked disparities across diverse economies. Viewed from a macroscopic perspective, countries and regions around the world can be categorized in various ways. However, relying on a single or a few indicators often proves inadequate to meet the classification requirements for carbon reduction and sustainable development. In this study, employing machine learning and guided by 10 economic indicators, we classified 188 countries/regions into 6 identifiable clusters. Subsequently, by applying ratio analysis and random forest methodologies, we conducted a matrix-based analysis that elucidates the distinct emission characteristics of each mobility sector. Feature importance analysis revealed that for highly developed economies, the total population's contribution was significant, especially in domestic and international aviation, accounting for 50% and 25% of emissions, respectively. In contrast, for lower-middle-income countries and regions, while the total population still played a pivotal role, its influence was most pronounced in railway transportation, reaching 67%. For rapidly developing economies, domestic aviation emissions reached a peak influence of 61%. These insights emphasize the necessity for strategies tailored to the unique attributes of economic entities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100455"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724001235/pdfft?md5=694f390934a2cbe3220e5364089b174c&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972724001235-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141953809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdou Safari Kagabo , Bonfils Safari , Jimmy Gasore , Bethwel Kipkoech Mutai , Joseph Ndakize Sebaziga
{"title":"Assessing the impact of Land Use Land Cover changes on land surface temperature over Kigali, Rwanda in the past three decades","authors":"Abdou Safari Kagabo , Bonfils Safari , Jimmy Gasore , Bethwel Kipkoech Mutai , Joseph Ndakize Sebaziga","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100452","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100452","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Land use changes and urban activities cause environmental degradation and climate change. This study aims to assess the impacts of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) changes on land surface temperature (LST) in Kigali, Rwanda over the past three decades. The combined techniques of remote sensing and GIS were applied to generate good quality Landsat images, categorize land use classes and retrieve urban indices. The modified Mann-Kendall test and Sen’s slope estimator were used to analyze trends in LST. The results indicate that between 1990 and 2020, the extent of builtup and forest areas have increased at an average rate of 3.39 km<sup>2</sup>/year and 2.42 km<sup>2</sup>/year respectively, while open land has decreased at an average rate of 5.81 km<sup>2</sup>/year. In the same period, water bodies and wetlands showed minimal changes with an increase of 1.56 km<sup>2</sup> and a decrease of 1.66 km<sup>2</sup> for water bodies and wetlands respectively. The slope magnitudes of LST are predominantly positive (p ≤ 0.05) with a high increase observed in dry seasons (0.51 °C per decade for Tmin in JJA and 0.49 °C per decade for Tmax in JF). The positive correlations between LST and urban indices were observed in all studied subregions (all values are above 0.61, p ≤ 0.05). The findings of this study are useful for the development of future urban land use schemes and the adoption of mitigation and adaptation strategies in response to climate change.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100452"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266597272400120X/pdfft?md5=d85eee80e0e5683cb1f0994e719d212e&pid=1-s2.0-S266597272400120X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141990866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas Ohnemus , Steffen Zacharias , Thomas Dirnböck , Jaana Bäck , Werner Brack , Martin Forsius , Ulf Mallast , Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis , Johannes Peterseil , Christophe Piscart , Francisco Pando , Christian Poppe Terán , Michael Mirtl
{"title":"The eLTER research infrastructure: Current design and coverage of environmental and socio-ecological gradients","authors":"Thomas Ohnemus , Steffen Zacharias , Thomas Dirnböck , Jaana Bäck , Werner Brack , Martin Forsius , Ulf Mallast , Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis , Johannes Peterseil , Christophe Piscart , Francisco Pando , Christian Poppe Terán , Michael Mirtl","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100456","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100456","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Addressing global change requires standardised observations across all ecosystem spheres. To that end, the distributed Integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure (eLTER RI) strives for an optimal observational design of its over 200 in-situ facilities. Their spatial distribution should be unbiased to scale local data to its continental target region.</p><p>Therefore, we assessed biases in the emerging eLTER RI in-situ facility network. We (i) conducted a survey describing the emerging eLTER RI, (ii) detected critical <em>gaps</em> in its coverage of Reference Parameters by identifying biases in a six-dimensional thematic space and determined regions, where these biases cluster spatially, and (iii) derived recommendations to further develop the eLTER RI network.</p><p>Three distinct <em>gaps</em> were identified: the Iberian, Eastern and Nordic Gap. They resulted mainly from underrepresentation of agricultural lands, mesic and dry regions with low economic density and the Mediterranean, Continental and Boreal biogeoregions. The patterns of underrepresentation are driven by various factors including the thematic context of site establishment over the past decades, operations logistics and funding constraints. We consider closing these <em>gaps</em> of highest priority for spatial network development.</p><p>Mitigating the biases in the eLTER RI network is crucial to enable confident scaling of local data to the European scale. This will allow the eLTER RI to provide a comprehensive foundation for scientists, policy and decision makers to face global change. Next, a comprehensive dataset of possible additional research sites over Europe must be analysed to derive site- and country-specific recommendations for cost-efficient gap mitigation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100456"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724001247/pdfft?md5=6c4baea21101db2119e84a4a1230b812&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972724001247-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141953811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eromose E. Ebhuoma, Noma Julia Nene, Llewellyn Leonard
{"title":"Analysis of urban households’ preparedness and municipal interventions to build flood resilience in Durban, South Africa: Implications for SDG 11","authors":"Eromose E. Ebhuoma, Noma Julia Nene, Llewellyn Leonard","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100454","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100454","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In Durban, South Africa, heavy rainfall leading to flooding has become more frequent over the past decade, resulting in devastating consequences for households. However, studies in South Africa have predominantly focused on understanding the impacts of flooding on rural livelihoods. With intense rainfall events that could result in localized flash flooding to be expected to increase in Durban in the near future, failure to understand how households prepare for flooding and the interventions implemented by local authorities could jeopardize the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 – resilient and sustainable cities. To address this gap, primary data were collected from purposively selected residents of the Amanzimtoti community in Durban using questionnaires that comprised both closed and open-ended questions. Additionally, secondary data were analyzed to determine the measures implemented by the eThekwini Municipality to mitigate the adverse effects of flooding. The findings indicate that flooding has triggered psychological trauma among residents. Regarding interventions to mitigate flooding impacts, some homeowners and business owners purchased insurance. Despite the municipality providing early warnings, a severe flood event in 2019 had a significant negative impact on households partly due to the municipality's failure to utilize preferred communication channels – such as X (formally known as Twitter) – that resonate with residents. The study also found that adoption of early warnings may be partly hinged on the extent to which they remember the last flood episode that resulted in disaster. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for achieving SDG 11 in Durban.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100454"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724001223/pdfft?md5=4c89a2e52b7a52b1e52f71f30f003f47&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972724001223-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141963526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adél Kelemen , Zsuzsanna Katalin Szabó , Sándor Bozóki , Zsombor Szádoczki , Áron Dénes Hartvig
{"title":"A sensitivity analysis of composite indicators: Min/max thresholds","authors":"Adél Kelemen , Zsuzsanna Katalin Szabó , Sándor Bozóki , Zsombor Szádoczki , Áron Dénes Hartvig","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100453","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100453","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aim of composite indicators is to express the overall performance of countries/regions with respect to a complex goal including sustainability, competitiveness, and innovation. Some of the indices play an important role in real governmental and strategic decisions on allocating sources. Sensitivity analyses usually include the changes in weights (of importance), the evaluations with respect to the criteria and the aggregating functions. In contrast, we investigate the effect of setting the minimal and maximal thresholds of the scoring functions used in the assessment. Thus, only the effect of this transformation is investigated, while the input data and criteria weights are not modified or stochastic. It is demonstrated that even such a seemingly innocent modification of the min/max thresholds might lead to remarkable changes in the ranking. Results are presented in detail on the examples of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI). However, the phenomenon is general: further 15 composite indices, applying the min/max threshold, have also been collected. The choice of min/max threshold is functionating as an implicit (re-)weighting of the criteria: criteria with smaller min/max ranges are overweighted. Thus, the steps of weighting and assessment are not independent. This research provides an alternative sensitivity analysis to test the robustness of the rankings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100453"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724001211/pdfft?md5=bac1f757a08ab8c370d56b563ab42ae7&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972724001211-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141979474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of multilevel governance on land use change in China's rapidly urbanizing metropolitan from low-carbon perspective","authors":"Mingyu Zhang , Weicheng Gu , Dongye Yang , Yichen Ruan","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100450","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100450","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Low-carbon oriented land use change is crucial to tackling climate change issues in rapidly urbanizing metropolitans. Previous studies lacked to consider how the cross-level interaction within multilevel governance of metropolitan areas affect the land use change. In order to simulate multilevel governance interaction, this study proposes a land use simulation model, facilitating a comparative analysis of simulated results under different scenarios. Taking Hangzhou as the empirical study area, the results show that the predicted scale of construction land with high carbon emissions is smallest in interactive governance scenario. Its overall low-carbon performance of land use is the best among all scenarios, with a Polycentric Degree of 0.7856 (N = 4) and 0.9142 (N = 6), and Cohesion Degree and Land-Use Degree Index are 101.8320 and 101.7944 respectively. This study revealed that the interactive governance effectively curbs the growth of land with high-carbon emissions, promoting the spatial carbon efficiency and the low-carbon oriented spatial layout. Multi-level governance provides a framework for effective implantation of low-carbon oriented land use change objective and plays an important role in promoting its low-carbon performance. This study innovatively incorporates governance parameters into the land use prediction model, providing guidance for optimizing land use governance in metropolitan areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100450"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724001181/pdfft?md5=88b99a870e768711e395c39eb84187db&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972724001181-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141962851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on the guidelines for the efficient and sustainable management of groundwater usage revenue collection in relation to groundwater usage fees and groundwater preservation fees in the groundwater crisis areas of Thailand","authors":"Vijitsri Sanguanwongse , Mana Luksamee-Arunothai , Supanee Harnphattananusorn , Kanokon Seemanon , Wasin Siwasarit , Setthabut Ittithumwinit","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100449","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100449","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study attempts to examine the cost and benefits of shifting the collection process of groundwater revenue and groundwater preservation fees from a manual to automatic meter reading (AMR) system, utilizing marginal cost and marginal benefit. The methodology is based on a benefit-cost analysis, taking into account the monetary value of time. The following specific results are revealed: (1) Changing to an <span>AMR</span> system can provide additional benefits in terms of time-savings for current personnel since the administrative work relating to the collection of groundwater usage fees and groundwater preservation fees can be reduced by 70%. This study is based on two personnel per province, calculated using the rate of 26,397.46 baht (or 792.95 USD) per person per month, 70% of which equates to an opportunity cost of 18,000 baht (or 540.70 USD) per person per month. (2) The accident rate can be reduced if personnel do not need to travel to examine the groundwater usage of licensees. However, because the AMR system is complicated and customizable, transitioning from manual to AMR systems is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. We propose that a pilot project be carried out to properly implement the AMR installation process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100449"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266597272400117X/pdfft?md5=8ea5e041c1fd2947361d851ea6a8dd8a&pid=1-s2.0-S266597272400117X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141952042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Collins C. Okolie , Oluwasola T. Ogunleye , Gideon Danso-Abbeam , Abiodun A. Ogundeji , Ágoston Restás
{"title":"Smallholder farmers’ coping and adaptation strategies to climate change: Evidence from a bibliometric analysis","authors":"Collins C. Okolie , Oluwasola T. Ogunleye , Gideon Danso-Abbeam , Abiodun A. Ogundeji , Ágoston Restás","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100451","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2024.100451","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Climate change threatens smallholder farmers' productivity, revenue generation, and increases household food insecurity. Thus, adaptation and coping strategies are paramount for smallholder farming households to mitigate these impacts of climate change. This study used a bibliometric analysis to examine smallholder farmers’ coping and adaptation strategies to climate change (SFCA-SCC) research trends from 2010 to 2022. A total of 1635 papers were analysed from Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases to characterize the field and observe research trends. The articles from these databases demonstrate an upward trend in publications (54–300) over the period under study, signifying the importance of research on adaptation and coping strategies of climate change. The research findings showed that majority of studies originated from institutions in industrialized countries, while very few did so from emerging economies. According to the findings, smallholder farmers have embraced a range of adaptation and coping mechanisms to mitigate the impacts of climate change, such as altering planting schedules, and diversifying crop varieties among others. It is imperative for African researchers and institutions to engage in more research aimed at developing strategies to mitigate the risks posed by climate change.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"23 ","pages":"Article 100451"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972724001193/pdfft?md5=062aae380fb5546f5a1e9eb1b88fd322&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972724001193-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141963529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}