India, Sept. 14 -- Researchers interviewed 530 people involved in nature-based projects across Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and South Africa and found that existing climate services often lack local relevance, timeliness and accessibility.

Communities want improved forecasts that integrate Indigenous knowledge, local languages and practical data on land, water and livelihoods, supported by ongoing collaboration and funding for co-produced climate information.

Across Africa, people are restoring and managing mangroves, grazing lands and urban green areas in the face of increasing threats from climate change. Increasingly they make decisions based on climate-related information supplied by governments, funders and researchers.

But ...