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ACDI
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Vision of ACDI:
To help create a developing world that has transitioned to a sustainable growth trajectory and has the capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change and its related issues, through supporting the effective management of these challenges on the African continent and beyond.
Objectives of ACDI:
- To increase scientific knowledge and understanding on climate change and development
- To educate and train new generations of researchers, practitioners and decision-makers
- To increase awareness and promote better informed decision-making about climate change and development by engaging with a wide range of key audiences and stakeholders.
Multiple Authors
Understanding and Supporting Climate-sensitive Decision Processes in Southern African Cities Review
Find out about recent research on how climate information is brought to bear on decision-making in southern African cities. Development of sustainable cities needs to be based on robust climate information while also involving local communities.
- 26th Jan 2023
- 4 min read
Multiple Authors
Climate resilient development pathways: applicability to navigating a just transition in South Africa
This article establishes the basis and sets the direction for future knowledge (co)production and planning work in relation to the adaptation and climate resilience aspects of navigating a ‘Just Transition’ in South Africa.
- 10th Nov 2022
- 8 min read
weADAPT Knowledge Manager
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The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report: Impacts, Adaptation Options and Investment Areas for a Climate-Resilient Central Africa
Discover what the IPCC AR6 says about how Central Africa will be impacted by climate change and its options and potential for adaptation.
- 12th Apr 2022
- 6 min read
weADAPT Knowledge Manager
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Fact Sheet: The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report: Impacts, Adaptation Options and Investment Areas for a Climate-Resilient West Africa
Learn about what the IPCC AR6 says about how West Africa will be impacted by climate change and its options and potential for adaptation.
- 12th Apr 2022
- 7 min read
weADAPT Knowledge Manager
Published an Article
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report: Impacts, Adaptation Options and Investment Areas for a Climate-Resilient Southern Africa
This factsheet summarises what the IPCC AR6 says about how Southern Africa will be impacted by climate change and its options and potential for adaptation.
- 5th Apr 2022
- 7 min read
Multiple Authors
Interrogating ‘Effectiveness’ in Climate Change Adaptation: 11 Guiding Principles for Adaptation Research and Practice
What does adaptation look like and how can it be enabled? Learn more in this review which distills its findings into eleven guiding principles of effective adaptation.
- 19th Jan 2022
- 4 min read
Multiple Authors
FRACTAL Podcast Series – Exploring transdisciplinary approaches to support resilience and adaptation decision making
The STARTcast is a podcast created by START for early- and mid-career scientists. Listen to Season 2 on co-creating climate information with decision-makers for climate-resilient cities in southern Africa as part of the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) project.
- 9th Nov 2021
- 5 min read
Multiple Authors
Inserting rights and justice into urban resilience: a focus on everyday risk
African cities face unique challenges and climate change threats. This paper analyzes how resiliency can be made applicable to urban African contexts.
- 7th Sep 2018
- 4 min read
Multiple Authors
The utility of weather and climate information for adaptation decision-making: current uses and future prospects in Africa and India
This paper outlines currently available climate information and presents examples from Africa and India to highlight successes and barriers to the use and uptake of information in decision making.
- 3rd Aug 2017
- 3 min read
CDKN Communications Team
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Barriers and opportunities for scientific capacity development on climate change in Africa
This study highlights barriers to and opportunities for robust scientific capacity development systems in diverse African contexts.
- 23rd May 2017
- 3 min read
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Mark New
Mark New is the Director, African Climate and Development Initiative, Univers...
Anna Taylor
Anna is a geographer specializing in climate adaptation, with a focus on Afri...
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