Global Change in Africa

Guest Editorial: International Space Science Institute (ISSI) Workshop on Global Change in Africa.- Enhancing the Uptake of Earth Observation Products and Services in Africa Through a Multi-level Transdisciplinary Approach.- Water Resources in Africa under Global Change: Monitoring Surface Waters from Space.- Correction to: Water Resources in Africa under Global Change: Monitoring Surface Waters from Space.- Water Resources in Africa: The Role of Earth Observation Data and Hydrodynamic Modeling to Derive River Discharge.- The Role of Space-Based Observations for Groundwater Resource Monitoring over Africa.- Hydrometeorological Extreme Events in West Africa: Droughts.- Hydrometeorological Extreme Events in Africa: The Role of Satellite Observations for Monitoring Pluvial and Fluvial Flood Risk.- Artisanal Exploitation of Mineral Resources: Remote Sensing Observations of Environmental Consequences, Social and Ethical Aspects.- Coastal Zone Changes in West Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Satellite Earth Observations.

Anny Cazenave is an Emeritus scientist at the 'Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale', Toulouse, France. Her research deals with the applications of space techniques to geosciences (geodesy, solid Earth geophysics, sea level change and climatic causes, land hydrology from space).
David Baratoux is a senior scientist at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable development, and researcher at the laboratory Geosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET).  He is the founder and co-director of the Joint International Laboratory for Responsible Mining in West Africa (LMI MINERWA). He was affected during 4 years (2014 - 2018) at the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD, Senegal) and is currently working (2021 - 2025) at the University Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. He is also strongly involved in the promotion of planetary and space sciences in Africa and was made Officer of the National Order of the Lion, by the President of Senegal.
Teodolina Lopez is a researcher and project manager at Cerema. She received a Ph.D. degree in planetary science from the University Toulouse III in 2011. After different post-doctoral positions in France, she held an Earth Science post-doctoral position, from 2016 to 2019, at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the characterisation in (semi-) arid regions of the groundwater flow and transfers and their interaction with the atmosphere. This approach relies on the synergy between Earth Observation dataset (mostly thermal infrared and gravity) with in situ measurements (geophysical, geochemical and geology) and simulations. She also promotes the use of various Earth Observation data to local and public entities.
Jean Kan Kouamé, Lecturer and Researcher at the UFR of Earth Sciences and Mining Resources and Director of the University Centre for Research and Application in