June 12, 2020
By Dr. Kevin Winter, Environmental & Geographical Science Department, Lead Researcher: Future Water Institute, University of Cape Town Contaminated runoff from informal settlements in South Africa poses an immediate public health risk to residents living in compact urban spaces, but…
June 11, 2020
We are pleased to announce that, on May 28, START signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). The MoU provides a framework for mutual activities over the next four years. START and IGES will work…
May 15, 2020
Even as the global pandemic eases in some countries, we must appreciate that COVID-19 is likely to be with us for an extended period. It is bringing significant disruption to how, and how well, we work as individuals within our…
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.
March 27, 2020
The NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Program has recently announced that the Commercial Small-sat Data Acquisition Program (CSDAP) evaluates and procures data from commercial vendors that advance NASA’s Earth science research and applications activities. Currently, data acquired during the evaluations of…
March 23, 2020
I am truly honored to be selected as START’s next Executive Director. In my 12 years with START, I have repeatedly witnessed the uniqueness and value that START brings to its mission of advancing global change science capacities. START’s value…
March 23, 2020
The START Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jon Padgham as Executive Director of START International. Over the past 12 years, Jon has led numerous high-profile START programs supporting scientific excellence in Africa and Asia,…
March 23, 2020
Charles Didace Konseibo and Boureima Kaboré from the ProGREEN Burkina Faso team share insights on working with a multidisciplinary team.
March 22, 2020
Pairs of university and community representatives from ten African cities took part in an EPIC (Education Partnerships for Innovation in Communities) training in February 2020 in Durban, South Africa. The training was led by EPIC-Africa and hosted by EPIC-N, the EPIC…
March 21, 2020
We welcome to START’s Board of Directors Alain Bourque, Executive Director of Ouranos – Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change. Alain Bourque holds a Master’s in atmospheric science from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). He was a…
March 20, 2020
In December 2019, START and the Digital Belt and Road (DBAR) Program hosted a joint session on science capacity development in the field of Big Earth Data at the 4th Digital Belt and Road Conference that took place in Shenzhen,…