February 05, 2020
On 30 January 2020 a workshop in Rabat, Morocco, brought together international and regional experts to discuss energy transition and renewable energies in Africa. The event was organized by START International, with the Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) and the Québec…
January 29, 2020
During 19-20 December 2019, the Southeast Asia START Regional Center (SEA-START) took part in a training workshop aimed at enhancing the capacity of municipality officials in Thailand to mainstream climate change issues into their planning process. The training, entitled “Climate Resilient City Development…
January 28, 2020
Opening opportunities for African women scientists to showcase their work is a crucial step toward cultivating more equitable solutions to global challenges. As we approach the end of our first fundraising period for The Sheila N. Onzere Memorial Fund for…
START’s newsletters offer the latest on research innovations, science capacity development in Africa and Asia, and opportunities in sustainability science from START and partners.
January 27, 2020
A new article by START’s Mzime Murisa and partners from the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) program explores explores city-to-city learning and knowledge exchange in four southern African cities. The full paper was published in January 2020 and…
January 24, 2020
Pairs of university and community representatives from ten African cities will take part in the first EPIC Africa-led training on February 3-6, 2020 in Durban, South Africa. The event will be hosted by EPIC-N, the EPIC Africa Network and START…
January 21, 2020
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is currently offering a range of postdoc opportunities for early career researchers, including fully funded research positions of up to two years to study topics related to the IIASA research agenda. Current…
January 17, 2020
Ninety scientists, most of which early-career researchers from South and Southeast Asia, participated in a 3-day training event on remote sensing technologies and their role in monitoring changes in land use and land cover, and quantifying climate impacts. Several countries…
December 18, 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, a selection of pictures brings us back to some of the key events and milestones that marked START’s year.
December 12, 2019
English version Le 26 octobre 2019, Dr. Mariama Camara de START et deux membres de l’équipe ProGREEN Sénégal, M. Kader Diop, Chef de Division Planification et Suivi-évaluation à l’Agence nationale pour les énergies renouvelables (ANER), et M. Abdou Diop, Chef…
December 12, 2019
Version française On October 26, 2019, Dr. Mariama Camara of START and two Senegal ProGREEN team members – Mr. Kader Diop, head of the Planning and Monitoring and Evaluation Division at the National Agency for Renewable Energies (ANER), and Mr.…