September 24, 2019
START and the University of Ghana, in partnership with Future Earth’s Sustainable Water Future Program, convened an expert consultation on 8-9 August 2019 in Accra, Ghana, to elicit broad input on needs, priorities and potential actions towards education and training…
September 19, 2019
START is partnering with scientists at the Humanitarian Response and Development Lab (HURDL) in the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University to establish a memorial fund in the name of their colleague Dr. Sheila Navalia Onzere. This fund will…
September 16, 2019
The Working Group I (the physical science basis) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is inviting responses to a brief survey (~10 minutes) on user needs for the Technical Summary (TS) of the Working Group I report for the…
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September 13, 2019
Version française Following months of data collection on projects and programs relating to renewable energy in Burkina Faso, the ProGREEN team prioritized the villages of Ziga, Ziga Hameau, Filli and Lèba in the province of Yatenga, Northern Region for interviewing…
September 13, 2019
Version française Prior to the field work, the Burkina Faso ProGREEN team trained nine Master’s students from the Applied Sciences Training Unit of the University Joseph KI-ZERBO, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, in conducting data collection. The training session took place in…
September 13, 2019
English version Après des mois de collecte de données sur les projets et programmes relatifs aux énergies renouvelables au Burkina Faso, l’équipe de ProGREEN a priorisé les villages de Ziga, Ziga Hameau, Filli et Lèba, dans la province du Yatenga,…
September 13, 2019
English version Avant le travail sur le terrain, l’équipe ProGREEN du Burkina a formé 9 étudiants en master, de l’Unité de Formation et Recherche Sciences appliquées de l’Université Joseph KI-ZERBO de Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso, à la collecte de données…
September 13, 2019
English version L’équipe ProGREEN Sénégal a procédé à la collecte de données sur le terrain du 19 au 30 août, après plusieurs semaines de compilation d’informations et de données sur les projets et programmes d’énergie renouvelable en cours ou récemment…
Climate Change Adaptation for Rice-based Agricultural Systems in the Central Chao Phraya River Basin
September 13, 2019
On September 5, 2019, the Southeast Asia START Regional Center (SEA-START) together with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the Office of the Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand, organized…
September 11, 2019
By Mzime Ndebele-Murisa, Program Specialist, START I had the privilege of being among the 30 participants of the first ever African Wikipedia edit-a-thon which was held in Cape Town during the first week of August, 2019. The purpose of the workshop…