Taking Stock of Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise across the West African Coast

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dc.contributor.authorNYADZI, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorBESSAH, Enoch
dc.contributor.authorKranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T00:27:56Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T00:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-23
dc.description.abstractThe impact of climate induced sea level rise (SLR) is a majorthreat, likely to continue even if greenhouse gas concentra-tions were stabilized. SLR will not be geographically uniform.Developing countries are most impacted because of theirlow adaptive capacity. This study reviewed the most recentscientific evidence of the impact, vulnerability and adapta-tion of coastal areas in West Africa to climate induced SLR.The results show an increasing rate in SLR for the near andfurther future. Coastal communities in West Africa are vul-nerable to erosion, flooding and inundation resulting in theloss of many coastal lands and ensuing socio-economic con-sequences. Therefore adaptation is a matter of urgency.Given that relatively little and unbalanced information existson this subject for those areas, we call for the need to investresources into studying and protecting coastal communitiesin West Africa against current and future impacts of climatechange and SLR.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipACE: Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agricultureen_US
dc.identifier.citationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10406026.2020.1847873en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://datad.aau.org/handle/123456789/1491
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis (Environmental Claims Journal)en_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectSea level riseen_US
dc.subjectModellingen_US
dc.subjectImpacten_US
dc.subjectVulnerabilityen_US
dc.subjectAdaptationen_US
dc.subjectWest Africaen_US
dc.subjectSTEMen_US
dc.titleTaking Stock of Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise across the West African Coasten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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