Critical Insights in Climate Change

Addressing critical environmental and climate challenges for Africa: The importance of geoscience information

Optimizing findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) geoscience information is essential to address critical environmental challenges faced across the continent of Africa. Increased availability of FAIR geoscience information also improves understanding of the critical relationship between climate change and human activity within Africa.  The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Ten Action Plan for Africa (TAP for Africa) sets out the challenges for Africa to enable future geoscience education and outreach in social economic transformation, including decarbonisation and delivering more sustainable energy and mineral resources. This thematic article collection for Critical Insights in Climate Change offers an opportunity to synthesise current understanding and discussions from the 'Status of Geoscience Information in Africa' workshop, organised in collaboration with the Geological Society of Africa (GSAf) and IUGS Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information (CGI).

Papers based on Africa are welcome on the themes of:

·       Improved understanding of the relationship between climate change and human activity.

·       Connections and feedbacks between climate change and the wider Earth System

• The impacts of climatic disruption on nature and society
• Climate change adaptation and mitigation
• Technological and nature-based solutions to climate change

Suggested invited contributions from presentations delivered at 'Status of Geoscience Information in Africa' workshop

Strategic RDM Approaches in Piloting Use of BioGas to Augment a Shortfall of Electricity where Mines Operate Aligning with Geohazard Monitored Areas: Botswana Geoscience Case Study

Assessment of Spatial Geoscience Infrastructure for Africa and importance delivering more sustainable energy and mineral resources

PanAfGeo: A Unique Pan-African Training Program in Geoscience – Management of Geoscientific Information in Geological Survey Organisations 

Advancing standard and FAIR Geoscience Data Practices in Africa

Medical Geology Research in Africa: Improved understanding of the relationship between climate change and human activity.

Leveraging Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Mineral Resource Development in Africa 

Deep-Time Digital Earth and AI-Driven sustainable Mineral Resource Prediction