29 December, 2021

How is science making its way into national climate change adaptation policy? Insights from Burkina Faso

Authors

Emily Theokritoff, Sarah Ann Lise D’haen

Burkina Faso is highly vulnerable to the increasing impacts of climate change and currently has large adaptation deficits. Systematic policy document analysis, semi-structured interviews and participant observations were undertaken to explore how scientific information makes its way into national adaptation policy documents from its production to its inclusion into policies. The results suggest that overall, national adaptation policies are only to a limited extent informed by scientific information, due to insufficient availability of information, limited human and technical capacity and lack of finance.

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