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WHAT WE DO...

  • Build capacity among people and institutions in developing countries through grants, fellowships and training programs
  • Inform policy by assessing impacts and identifying options for adapting to global environmental change risks
  • Inspire action through projects and programs that bring scientists, communities and policymakers together to address critical global environmental change issues

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Call for Applications: Education and Training Program in Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation

February 8th, 2010

START and the Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, with support from the MacArthur Foundation, are organizing the Second Phase of their Education and Training Program in Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation in the Albertine Rift Region at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from July 19 – September 3, 2010. Applications are due by March 12, 2010.

Call for Applications: Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand on Asian Coastal Cities

February 1st, 2010

Organized by the SEA-START & East-West Center, with support from APN this Workshop on “Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Urban Development Planning for Asian Coastal Cities” will be held in late August 2010. Potential Participants are invited to submit an Application to the SEA-START by 1 March 2010.

Challenge Program for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) seeking Regional Facilitators

January 19th, 2010

Three positions are available in Niamey, Niger; Nairobi, Kenya; and Delhi, India. Deadline is 20 February 2010.

ACCFP Post-Doc Fellow Henri Tonnang Zefack circulates Fellowship project results at the COP-15

January 7th, 2010

Mr. Tonnang compiles his research on Malaria Control in Africa into a Poster, which was circulated at the COP-15, in Copenhagen. The poster is now available to view.

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The Disproportional Impacts of Climate Change, from Global to Local Levels: the Story of Doune Baba Dieye

Arame Tall, January 6th, 2010

2009/2010 ACCFP Fellow, Arame Tall, explains a second “Early Warning – Early Action” Initiative organized with the Red Cross in Senegal to discuss how communities could learn to live with their changing climate and could benefit from climate and weather forecast.

  • Bonjour Mame Demba, Merci pour votre commentaire. Sur la question de langue, l'organisation START est (malheureusement) une organisation anglophone, et la ...
    -Arame

  • Thanks Ms. Arame for your warning. I haven’t particular comments. But a crucial question, why your PUBICATION and other reports ...
    -THIAM Mame Demba

  • Thanks Arame for your great portrait of the challenges facing Doune Baba. You're really conveyed how crucial it is for ...
    -Mary O’Neill

  • These true stories show that climate change is not a myth but a reality. It further shows that Africa is ...
    -Dr Nicholas Ozor