PRIMED project hosts international workshop

In March 2021, the PRIMED project Partnerships for Resilience through Innovation and Integrated Management of Emergencies and Disasters (PRIMED) team held a workshop with international constituents to discuss how PRIMED’s research can become…

#SciDipTalks 3 | Science Diplomacy in the Global South: Challenges and opportunities

ARUA-CD researcher, Dr Britta Rennkamp recently participated in #SciDipTalks 3 which focused on the challenges and opportunities of science diplomacy in the global south. This session focused on the crucial issues in developing countries…

Opportunity alert: ARUA Early-Career Research Fellowships

ARUA Early-Career Research Fellowships This Early-Career Research Fellowship is being initiated by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to support a total of thirteen (13)…

ARUA-CD newsletter: April 2021

April 2021 newsletter We hope you enjoy reading through some of our news and updates from the January - March 2021 period. Please encourage your colleagues and network to subscribe to our mailing list to receive quarterly updates…

Lecturer workshop series on climate change curricula in Africa

ARUA-CD will be hosting a series of workshops to support lecturers with reviewing their curricula and keeping it up to date in terms of content and teaching approaches. These workshops are intended to support lecturers to learn from one another’s…

ARUA 2021 Biennial International Conference

Global Public Health Challenges: Facing Them in Africa 18-20 November 2021 The ARUA 2021 Biennial Conference will bring together experts from universities, research institutions, government, industry, civil society, international organizations,…

Are Climate Information Services improving resilient agricultural productivity among smallholders?

By Portia Adade Williams, CSIR-STEPRI, Ghana, 20/20 Adaptation Professional’s Programme Fellow, Accra-Ghana Application and acceptance into the 20/20 Adaptation Professionals Programme My acceptance into the Global Centre on Adaptation…

Natural Infrastructure Enhancement for Climate Change Adaptation Interventions in Kenya’s Tana River Delta Water Sector

Cornelius Okello, PhD. is a Research Scientist from Kenya passionate about environmental issues, specifically climate change and freshwater resources. He is currently the Chairman and Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Machakos…
Post Cyclone Amphan destruction

Putting local people at the centre of adaptation

by Lucia Scodanibbio, 20/20 Professional at the Global Centre for Adaptation When cyclone Amphan hit southern Bangladesh, exacerbating the impacts felt by the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Bamia Village Savings and Lending Association…