Knowledge and Education

People all across Africa are rising to the challenge of climate change, as evidenced by the accounts in this publication. Even so, these accounts also reveal the need for more information on how climate change will affect Africa. Up-to-date models on future weather changes across the continent are scarce, and there are even fewer models predicting changes at a local level. Accordingly, people's understanding of climate change and how it will affect their lives is limited (as in other parts of the world).

Increased knowledge is necessary to combat the effects of climate change. Equally important is education and training for new methods and adaptations. In the previous examples, people have taken on new agricultural methods, converted their stoves or dug their own wells. On the following pages, you will learn how increased knowledge and dissemination through teaching and training are important factors in climate adaptation measures.