Le Partage des Connaissances
pour l'adaption aux changements climatiques

Knowledge Sharing for Climate Change Adaption

Project Overview

  • AfricaAdapt Online discussion - Local seeds, GM seeds, food security, and climate change

    AfricaAdapt Online discussion - Local seeds, GM seeds, food security, and climate change

    Created by: admin | 2012-02-22 16:22

    Associated Organization: AfricaAdapt

    Summary:

    Climate change and variability is a challenge to Africa’s food security, affecting both the quantity and quality of agricultural production.

     

    Against this background, increasing voices are questioning whether local seeds, the yardstick of farmers' agro economic sovereignty and yet severely affected by the adverse effects of climate change, are still enough to secure food security amongst African households.

     

    Join the discussions online: http://next.dgroups.org/fara-net/africa-adapt/africa-adapt-fr 

     


  • Ecosystem Livelihood Adaptation Network (ELAN) case studies: good practices in Niger, Sudan & Madagascar

    Ecosystem Livelihood Adaptation Network (ELAN) case studies: good practices in Niger, Sudan & Madagascar

    Created by: admin | 2012-02-06 19:27

    Associated Organization: ELAN

    Summary:

    ELAN collects, selects, and disseminates peer-reviewed case studies on good practices in integrating ecosystem and rights-based principles into people-centered adaptation policies, plans and programmes. Unsuccessful projects or “bad” practices are also of interest if they provide good lessons for future applications. Case studies are used for learning, knowledge exchange, and training purposes. Case studies are collected through different channels. http://elanadapt.net/good-practices


  • UNESCO West African Coastal Adaptation Project

    UNESCO West African Coastal Adaptation Project

    Created by: admin | 2012-02-02 09:11

    Associated Organization: UNESCO

    Summary:

    The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has reported on the implementation of a project titled Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal zones of West Africa (ACCC), which involves Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde.

    The project involves the development of pilot activities in one selected sites per country targeted at reducing the threat of coastal erosion, while increasing biodiversity and strengthening the adaptive capacities of local communities and ecosystems. The project also aims to mainstream climate change considerations into development plans, such as tourism strategies and coastal urban planning.


  • FAO, EU Fund Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa (Malawi and Zambia)

    FAO, EU Fund Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa (Malawi and Zambia)

    Created by: admin | 2012-01-19 14:23

    Associated Organization: FAO

    Summary:

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the European Commission have launched a €5.3 million, three-year project in Malawi, Viet Nam and Zambia to identify challenges and opportunities for climate-smart agriculture and produce strategic plans for each country. Continued.


  • zambezi irrigation system

    Created by: imutggo | 2012-01-09 09:44

    Associated Organization: a

    Summary:

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  • Flood and Land Degradation Risk Management in Togo

    Flood and Land Degradation Risk Management in Togo

    Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:54

    Associated Organization: World Bank

    Summary:

    20 December 2011: The World Bank has approved a $16.9 million grant to assist with implementation of the Integrated Disaster and Land Management Project in Togo. The project is funded by several trust funds, including the Least Developed Countries Fund for Adaptation to Climate Change, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, and TerrAfrica.


  • Drinking Water Project in Tunisia

    Drinking Water Project in Tunisia

    Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:50

    Associated Organization: AfDB

    Summary:

    16 December 2011: The Government of Tunisia and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a national programme on drinking water access in rural Tunisia. The financing agreement of the programme for 183 million Tunisian dinars (€95 million) was signed in Tunis in October 2011.

    The programme aims at enhancing strategic access to drinking water in rural areas, one of Tunisia's priotities. The programme, which is set to conclude in 2016, is expected to provide access to water to over 350 000 people.


  • GEF-SCCF Project Increases Resilience to Drought and Climate Change in Zimbabwe

    GEF-SCCF Project Increases Resilience to Drought and Climate Change in Zimbabwe

    Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:42

    Associated Organization: GEF

    Summary:

    December 2011: In Zimbabwe’s rural District of Chiredzi, the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) of the Global Environment facility (GEF) has supported a project to enhance the capacity of farmers to adapt to climate variability and change through the adoption of gender-sensitive approaches.

    The project, which is implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), focuses on improving climate change knowledge base of local populations to facilitate adaptation choices; piloting demonstration of policy oriented adaptation practices; and promoting the use of climate early warning systems.


  • Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas

    Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas

    Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:31

    Associated Organization: GEF

    Summary:

    December 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has reported on a project in Rwanda titled “Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas,” which is financed through its Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF).  

    Focused on the Gishwati ecosystem in Western Rwanda and the associated Nile-Congo crest watersheds, the project aims to decrease the vulnerability of the people living and deriving their livelihoods from these areas.


  • Herders in drought-stricken northern Kenya get first livestock insurance payments

    Herders in drought-stricken northern Kenya get first livestock insurance payments

    Created by: admin | 2011-10-27 10:30

    Associated Organization: ILRI

    Summary:

    Pastoralists from Marsabit, in Kenya’s remote northern drylands, play a game crafted by ILRI scientists to simulate livestock losses that could occur due to drought, in which the local herding communities are educated about how index-based livestock insurance works.


  • World Resources Report 2010-2011: Decision Making in a Changing Climate

    World Resources Report 2010-2011: Decision Making in a Changing Climate

    Created by: admin | 2011-10-24 06:55

    Associated Organization: UNEP

    Summary: Recent extreme weather events including floods, heat waves, and droughts present a vivid image of the direction the world is heading. As climate change intensifies, more events like these, combined with longer-term changes in the climate's average state - including rising seas, melting glaciers, and shifting precipitation patterns - will have profound impacts on people, ecosystems and infrastructure.


  • WMO Trains West African Farmers on Use of Weather/Climate Information

    WMO Trains West African Farmers on Use of Weather/Climate Information

    Created by: admin | 2011-10-18 10:49

    Associated Organization: WMO

    Summary: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has completed a four-year project across 15 West African countries that carried out 146 roving seminars to increase the interactions between national meteorological and hydrological institutes and rural farms.


  • Les synergies entre adaptation et atténuation en quelques mots

    Les synergies entre adaptation et atténuation en quelques mots

    Created by: dilikool | 2011-10-14 04:54

    Associated Organization: COBAM

    Summary: Ce document d’information a été produit dans le cadre du projet COBAM mis en œuvre par le CIFOR. COBAM est financé par la Banque Africaine de Développement, dans le cadre de son soutien à la CEEAC pour la mise en œuvre du PACEBCo, dont l’organe d’exécution est la COMIFAC. Ecrit par Dr Bruno Locatelli, il explique de façon très simplifiée les concepts d’adaptation et d’atténuation et les potentielles synergies qui pourraient exister entre les deux


  • IMPACT Business Award 2011

    IMPACT Business Award 2011

    Created by: anais | 2011-10-13 05:23

    Associated Organization: IMPACT Business Award

    Summary: The IMPACT (Innovative Models Promoting Adaptation and Climate Technologies) Business Award rewards enterprises that apply innovative business solutions in combating Climate Change. The IMPACT Business Award on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) will make a total of up to five International Awards available in 2011. For more information and application, please visit: www.IMPACT-business-award.de


  • Appel à contribution pour la 3ème édition de la foire sous-régionale pour la promotion des semences

    Appel à contribution pour la 3ème édition de la foire sous-régionale pour la promotion des semences

    Created by: dilikool | 2011-10-08 16:41

    Associated Organization: Association Sénégalaise des Producteurs de Semences Paysannes (ASPSP)

    Summary: L’ASPSP organise la troisième édition de la foire des semences paysannes du 20 au 23 novembre 2011 au village de Djimini (région de Kolda) au Sénégal. Elle souhaite mobiliser des acteurs valorisant la biodiversité cultivée, les semences et savoirs traditionnels pour défendre les droits des paysans sur leurs semences. Des plateformes d’échanges seront organisées à ce sujet. Cette rencontre permettra d’affirmer notre vision de la semence traditionnelle et des modes de production écologiques.


  • Generator Zero Solar

    Generator Zero Solar

    Created by: matimbwi | 2011-09-27 09:17

    Associated Organization: Tanzania Renewable Energy Association

    Summary: Generator Zero Solar is aims to sensitize members of community to use the Solar PV Charged Battery Backup System in a place of petrol and diesel generators. The project is implemented in Dar es Salaam. The driver of the intervention is the failure of the National Utility to provide reliable and sustainable electricity.


  • Indigenous Knowledge in Kenya: Treating milk with wood ash and growing tree seedlings with limited w

    Indigenous Knowledge in Kenya: Treating milk with wood ash and growing tree seedlings with limited w

    Created by: admin | 2011-09-12 10:07

    Associated Organization: Forestry Action Network

    Summary: Summary of two indigenous knowledge studies conducted in Kenya and published in 1998: - Milk Treatment Using Selected Tree Species: A case study in Trans-Nzoia District, Kenya by W. Mureithi at Moi University. - A Community’s Initiative to Survive in a Semi-Arid Area: The case of Kikapu, Njoro location, Nakuru, Kenya by E M Njoka and P M Makenzi at Egerton University.


  • Evaluation of the GEF Strategic Priority for Adaptation - july 2011

    Evaluation of the GEF Strategic Priority for Adaptation - july 2011

    Created by: admin | 2011-09-09 05:44

    Associated Organization: GEF

    Summary: In November 2008 the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council asked the GEF Evaluation Office to perform an evaluation of the GEF Strategic Priority for Adaptation (SPA) pilot program. This evaluation was conducted fully and independently by the GEF Evaluation Office with support from the GEF Secre- tariat, GEF Agencies, governments, and civil society organizations.


  • Adaptation aux climatiques grâce aux outils TIC

    Adaptation aux climatiques grâce aux outils TIC

    Created by: francoise | 2011-09-08 13:39

    Associated Organization: Réseau Femmes en Action Burkina Faso

    Summary: Le Réseau Femmes en Action s’engage dans l’accompagnement des producteurs confrontés au choc climatique


  • Burkina Faso : Campagne nationale de reforestation 2011

    Created by: francoise | 2011-09-08 12:40

    Associated Organization: Réseau Femmes en Action Burkina Faso

    Summary: La campagne nationale de reforestation 2011 lancée en juillet 2011 au Burkina Faso traduit la volonté des acteurs-trices de développement à s'engager dans la restauration et la préservation du couvert végétal. Elle se tient au moment où l'Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies, après une année consacrée à la biodiversité en 2010 et devant l'importance de la déforestation dans le monde a proclamé 2011, année internationale des forêts sous le thème « Des forêts pour les peuples ».