Francisca Nwakaego Okoroma
In recent times, more than ever before, climate change has exerted a lot of debates, discussions and possible points of action among experts and professionals. This is due to the devastating impact of climate change on human and the entire ecosystem. Studies have shown that Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals are actively involved in the war against climate crisis. This work focused on the analyses of the existing report on the responses of LIS professionals towards climate change with reference to some African countries, in order to find out the constraints and the way forward in the fight against climate crisis. The findings revealed that there is a gradual but impactful integration of climate change initiatives in South Africa. While Kenya libraries and information centers have embraced green library activities, Nigerian Libraries and their professionals seem to be focusing more on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) but gradually beginning to commence climate change specific projects. On the other hand, LIS professionals in Uganda are actively involved in climate change initiates while their counterparts in Zambia are still dragged back by some barriers. The study identified challenges such as lack of corporate policies, limited technical infrastructure and funding. The proposed way forward include enhanced collaboration amongst LIS professionals, implementation of national policies that integrate LIS and their professionals into climate change action strategies and the development of national frameworks to support green initiatives.