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Two newly released video animations feature insights from the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) program. View them below or on ASSAR’s YouTube channel.

We are pleased to announce that the second issue of START’s ProSus Magazine is now available.  This issue focuses on climate change adaptation and features research and stories from the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) program. From 2014 to 2018,…

In a recent blog post, Maitreyi Koduganti from the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) gives an account of a game that she developed to help people gain better insight into the complexities of living in peri-urban Bangalore. The game was developed with…

In a recent blog post, Prince Ansah of the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) program describes how a new mobile application will support adaptation knowledge sharing and build capacity of extension officers, community development workers, researchers and students in…

Ishmael Lente, from the University of Ghana, is the first PhD student with the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) program to successfully defend his thesis, ‘Vulnerability and adaptation options to agroecosystems and climate change in semi-arid Ghana’. We asked…

Alcade Segnon, a Ph.D. student with the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) program, had the opportunity to present on his research relating to “Multidimensional household vulnerability assessment in semi-arid areas of Mali” at the 6th International Climate Change and…

To encourage public dialogue on climate change in Namibia, the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) project launched a special climate change radio series with national broadcaster Kati-FM, one of Namibia’s most popular stations. The debut show aired on July…

In a recent story on the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) project website, Rabiatu Abass, a University of Ghana student reflects on her recent visit to Cape Town, her first time in South Africa, where she attended ASSAR’s annual meeting…

By Prosper Adiku, Rahinatu Sidiki Alare and Wendy Boakye On May 13-16 2018, the winners of the Climate Change Adaptation Through Youth Innovation (CATYI) competition paid a visit to the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) of the University of…

A student at the University of Ghana, Rabiatu (Rabi) Abass is excited to present her research for the first time in a large international conference such as Adaptation Futures, that will take place in Cape Town on June 18-21, 2018.…