News for Theme 'Poverty and vulnerability'

• Second newsletter out: Insights of some of the main research activities carried out so far d …

  fmannke | 2013-02-21 13:24 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Gender, Poverty and vulnerability

  11 February 2013

  Dear reader 
  The second CALESA newsletter has been published and is available here.

  In this second issue, Learn more about how the project teams tackle the project activities: Four field trials have been set-up at selected climate analogue sites in Kenya and Zimbabwe, base-line surveys have also ...

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• Call for Papers: Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

  fmannke | 2013-02-21 13:23 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Gender, Poverty and vulnerability

  11 February 2013

  The International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP)- in cooperation with Springer- is preparing a landmark, multi-volume reference work titled the “Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation”. This is an addition to the series “Climate Change Management” which, since it was launched in 2008, has become a world leading ...

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• First newsletter out: Improving farming in Eastern and Southern Africa

  fmannke | 2013-02-21 13:21 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Gender, Poverty and vulnerability

  09 December 2011

  Dear reader –
  The first CALESA newsletter has just been published and is available here.

  In this first issue, find out how the CALESA project addresses one of the key challenges for the African continent, namely finding practical answers to the question how smallholders can progressively adapt to ...

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• CALESA to be showcased at African Climate Teach-In Day 2011

  fmannke | 2013-02-21 13:19 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Gender, Poverty and vulnerability

  The African Climate Teach-In Day 2011 fosters awareness about climate change in schools and universities in Africa and to engage young people and future professionals in the search for local solutions for a problem with has severe implications to the African continent.The CALESA project will contribute a presentation to ...

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• Project kicks off in Kenya

  fmannke | 2013-02-21 13:17 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Gender, Poverty and vulnerability

  22 February 2011

  After the German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation gave green light for the new project the project “Adapting agriculture to climate change” kicks of these days in Nairobi, Kenya. 

  Implemented by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the partner consortium includes ...

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• Emission radio_broadcast

  foeeloundou | 2011-04-23 02:55 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Poverty and vulnerability

  Dear Members,

  For those who are in Benin, find your live broadcast Clim-infos every Thursday at 3 pm and repeat every Sunday at 2 pm on Ocean FM (88.6 FM).  That broadcasting are introduced for the implementation of project: information and knowledge sharing for the strengthening of adaptation strategies ...

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• Images from training workshop on action research

  admin | 2011-04-19 05:52 | Related project | Crosscutting Issues, Gender, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability

• Lindiwe Sibanda: Keynote Address

  admin | 2011-03-22 11:58 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  Lindiwe Sibanda: New Thinking on Community-led Responses: From Local to Global View more presentations from AfricaAdapt

• Henry Mahoo: Keynote Address

  admin | 2011-03-22 11:51 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  Henry Mahoo: Roles of local and indigenous knowledge weather forecasting in addressing climate change View more presentations from AfricaAdapt

• Fatima Denton: Keynote Address

  admin | 2011-03-22 11:50 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  Fatima Denton: Links between adaptation, mitigation and low carbon, or climate compatible development View more presentations from AfricaAdapt

• Keynote Address by Youba Sokona

  admin | 2011-03-22 11:45 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  Youba Sokona: Adaptation is development:Linking policy to practice View more presentations from AfricaAdapt

• Keynote Address by Patrick Luganda

  admin | 2011-03-22 11:43 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  Patrick Luganda: Role of the media in climate change adaptation View more presentations from AfricaAdapt

• Presentation on project progress and findings to date (March 2011)

  admin | 2011-03-22 10:40 | Related project | Crosscutting Issues, Gender, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability

  Blane Harvey: Community radio, action research and advocacy for climate justice: lessons learned from Ghana View more presentations from AfricaAdapt

• Community led responses to climate change: let’s start build from the local to the global

  admin | 2011-03-21 08:31 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  The AfricaAdapt Symposium opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the UNECA conference centre on March 9 2011. Leading from the opening session, the first panel of the event focused on ‘Community Led Responses – from local to global’. This interactive session followed well after the opening addresses, where the need to ... [ read more ]

• National and international policies on climate change – linking policy and practice

  admin | 2011-03-21 08:28 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  This session chaired by Monica Idinoba from the African Union highlights the array of challenges that we face in linking global policy to the national level. Are national strategies being coherently developed and implemented? Are these policies adequately responding to the needs at the local level? The panelists during this ... [ read more ]

• How can we effectively communicate, translate and share climate change knowledge?

  admin | 2011-03-21 08:22 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  To scale up and down research and policies, climate change knowledge needs to be shared between different actors and the general public. This session, chaired by Patrick Luganda, highlighted an array of mediums - from community radio to newspapers and the internet – that can be used to communicate and disseminate climate ...

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• Keynote speaker bio: Henry Mahoo

  admin | 2011-03-06 03:42 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  Prof Henry Mahoo holds a BSc in Applied Hydrology (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) , MSc in Irrigation Engineering; (Univ. Newcastle, UK), and a PhD from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania. His areas of speciality include hydrology, irrigation, drainage and water harvesting. Henry  is a member of Institution of Engineers ... [ read more ]

• Keynote speaker bio: Dr Youba Sakona

  admin | 2011-03-06 03:40 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  Dr. Youba Sokona is the coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) based in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The ACPC is a joint initiative of the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. He is also a co-chair ... [ read more ]

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  admin | 2011-03-06 03:24 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  Lindiwe Majele Sibanda has been CEO of FANRPAN since 2004. She is currently coordinating policy research and advocacy programs in 14 southern African countries, all aimed at making Africa a food-secure region. Her portfolio includes policy research and advocacy work on food policies, agricultural productivity, natural resources and environment, and ... [ read more ]

• Keynote speaker bio: Patrick Luganda

  admin | 2011-03-06 03:19 | Related project | Agriculture, fisheries and food security, Crosscutting Issues, Energy, Forestry, Gender, Health, International climate negotiations, Poverty and vulnerability, Water

  Patrick Luganda is the Chairman of the Network of Climate Journalists in the Greater Horn of Africa (NECJOGHA) and Editor in Chief of the Farmers Voice Newspaper in Uganda. He is an active science journalist with special interest in Climate related issues and agriculture. He is an award winner of ... [ read more ]