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The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is an international organisation created 1975 and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.  It includes 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the Pacific. The ACP Secretariat is…

(Version française) The Promoting Gains in Renewable Energy (ProGREEN) West Africa project held an Advisory Group meeting on July 23–24 at the WASCAL Centre of Competence in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The purpose of the meeting was to collect input from…

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…

The Periperi U partnership is convening an intensive, two-week Risk Methods School from 10-22 September 2018 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Hosted by Ardhi University, the School will offer courses in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, United Nations Development Programme and…

The Symposium on the Impacts of Climate Change on Lake Victoria will take place on December 3-4, 2018 in Kampala, Uganda. Its goal is to gather and promote information on climate change initiatives by African and non-African organisations and scientists undertaking…

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…

Recordings, interviews and photos from Adaption Futures 2018 are now available for online viewing and circulation on the Adaptation Futures website. Plenary 2: Resourcing Adaption, features START’s own Executive Director, Cheikh Mbow, as a panelist.

The Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), with funding from the Government of Sweden, is implementing a four-year Cities and Coasts (C&C) Project (2018-2021), whose main objectives are to improve scientific knowledge and to stimulate research directed at underpinning…

Taking place in May 2019 in Montpellier, France, the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry aims at contributing to the progress of agroforestry science and practice in order to bridge the science-policy gap. The major topics that will be discussed include:…

By Alice McClure, University of Cape Town and Gina Ziervogel, University of Cape Town It’s difficult as an individual, a group or a nation to know how to act when faced with climate change problems. As with other global environmental…