Carla Roncoli is an economic-environmental anthropologist and member of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University. She is currently Adjunct Faculty at Emory University and formely an Adjunct Professor in Anthropology at the University of Georgia. She has worked with UNICEF in Nepal and Chad and consulted for numerous development organizations and International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs). Dr. Roncoli’s research addresses the human dimension of climate change, with a particular focus on risk perceptions, communication, and management among African rural communities. It emphasizes the need for achieving a good “fit” between scientific information and technological innovations on the one hand and local knowledge, capabilities, and experience on the other hand.