In Southern Africa, there is a need to develop partnerships to enhance learning and to share collective resources in support of science-based initiatives for adaptation to climate change. This project will combine the resources of scientists from three countries, each of which has distinctive farming traditions, water resources, topography, and environmental challenges. Objective: This project [...]
In Botswana’s Okavango Delta, flowing river water is a crucial ecosystem service that supports various livelihood activities. However, within the Okavango wetland, some river channels have dried up, resulting in adverse impacts on water-dependent livelihoods. This study is designed to map the extent of current and previous channel desiccation, as well as the likelihood of [...]
In Lesotho, rain-fed subsistence farming accounts for 90% of agricultural production. Therefore the country is vulnerable to future climate change, especially if the future climate is hotter and drier, as projected by the 4th Assessment of the IPCC. Subsistence farmers do not have the capacity to make adaptations to climate change because of their limited [...]
Case Study: Climate change and its implications for ecosystems, biodiversity and livelihoods, Tanzania: Manyara National Park Externship Research: Assessment of the impacts of climate variability on biodiversity conservation and livelihoods in the Lake Manyara Sub basin, Tanzania Summary: The study observed a substantial variation in rainfall from the year 1963 to year 2008 with minimum [...]
Case Study: Climate change threats to the biodiversity of Burundi Externship Research: Effect of climate change and variability on socio-economic activities in Burundi: Implications for biodiversity conservation. Summary: The study revealed a decrease in bean production due to changing climatic conditions in the Kirundo Province of Burundi mainly due to extreme droughts and increased temperature. [...]
Project Summary: The Fellowship Project: Impacts of climate variability on the water sector and livelihood add significantly to the development challenges of ensuring access to adequate and quality water at the same time sustainable livelihoods. This challenge has necessitated the assessment of the potential impacts of climate on water and livelihoods. The current study seeks [...]
Project Summary: The IPCC Third Assessment Report (IPCC, 2001) concludes that settlements are among the human systems that are the most sensitive to climate variability and change. The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) fully recognizes the role that cities can play in the economic revival of Africa. However, the scale of the devastation to [...]
Project Summary: Background Africa’s cities are experiencing increasing influx of people from the rural areas due to the effects of climate change in their rural homes. The rural – urban migration is due to loss of livelihoods in rural areas in one of the continents most vulnerable to climate change and climate variability (Boko et [...]
Project Summary: The fellowship project is based on the use of local know-how to develop a community climate change adaptation capacity in the Sahelian area, particularly in a village named Malo-Gaga. It is a specific zone because of its location in Lake Chad basin and its vulnerability (it is presently dangerously affected by global warming). [...]
This project will enable 4 African scientists to be full participants and presenters at the first conference in Africa (and one of the first globally) to investigate the relationship between climate change and groundwater. Groundwater is the major source of drinking water across much of the world, as noted in IPCC Assessment Reports (AR3 and [...]
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