Crook, J orcid.org/0000-0003-1724-1479, Marsham, JH orcid.org/0000-0003-3219-8472, Fitzpatrick, R orcid.org/0000-0002-2562-3373 et al. (21 more authors) (2023) The Leeds Africa Climate Hackathon – experiences of running a hackathon and highlights of results. Weather, 78 (2). pp. 36-42. ISSN 0043-1656
Abstract
The Leeds Africa Climate Hackathon aimed to generate user-relevant narratives of possible future climate in East and West Africa relevant to hydroelectric power generation and agriculture respectively. Here we discuss how the virtual hackathon was organised, present the results, and examine the lessons learned from running such a hackathon. We found East African hydroelectric power generation will need to store more water during heavier rain events and cope with longer drought periods in future. Agriculture in Ghana will face a much greater possibility of severe droughts by mid-century especially if 1.5 degC global warming targets are not met.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst for Climate & Atmos Science (ICAS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2022 14:31 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/wea.4246 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:190054 |