Abstract
This chapter critically assesses Africa–Europe collaborations on climate change research and innovation. Its authors argue that the complexity of research and innovation challenges on this topic calls for subtler collaborative and evaluation programmes. More importantly, they emphasise the need for greater harmonisation between scientific and political priorities on climate change, and point out that project goals should be more precisely defined, so as to ensure that results can be measured concretely and solutions can be progressively improved. In the absence of this clarity, they argue, climate change research and innovation programmes run the risk of being reduced to mere rhetorical statements.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Africa-Europe Research and Innovation |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publication date | 2018 |
| Pages | 81-97 |
| Chapter | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-69928-8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-69929-5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Bibliographical note
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.Keywords
- European Politics
- African Politics
- International Organization
- Innovation
- Scientific & political priorities
- Economy
- Climate Change
- Societal challenges
- Project goals
- Outcome thinking
- Outcome mapping
- Implementation
