GeoMIP-Africa: impact of SAI on temperature and precipitation extremes over West and Central Africa and implications for water resources
Host institution University of Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Grant year 2018
Project summary
Over the past few decades, Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced the adverse impacts of increasingly frequent climate extremes. The urgent need to limit the impacts of climate change have led to consideration of geoengineering schemes using SRM technologies, such as stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI). However, the potential impacts of SAI on a local and regional scale (e.g. agriculture, energy, health) in West and Central Africa have not been previously explored. Using GEOMIP models, Dr Vami Hermann N’Guessan Bi and his team investigated 1) The changes in temperature and precipitation extremes over West and Central Africa induced by SAI and using the WEAP model, and 2) The potential implications on water resources in the main basins of the region. The project was hosted by the University of Félix Houphouët-Boigny (CURAT).
