Projects for Theme 'Gender'

WWF Africa Adaptation Initiative

Created by: shimwepya1 | 2013-06-17 10:32

Associated Organization: WWF Eastern and Southern Africa Programme Office (ESARPO)

Summary:

The WWF Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) focuses on building capacity for integrating adaptation within conservation work in countries where WWF oeprates in Africa. At the moment, the Initiative is covers six countries under the Eastern and southern Africa Programme Office (ESARPO), namely; Kenya, Mozambiaque, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe as well as the Madagascar and West Indian Ocean Programme Office (MWIOPO) in Madagascar.

The approach taken is that oif building capacity amonf staff through training and technical support as well as the promotion of adaptation planning and implementation, within on-going conservation projects.
AfriCAN Climate, AfricaAdapt Hold Workshop on Agriculture, Climate Change and CSR (25-27 April 013), Dakar

Created by: admin | 2013-05-11 23:44

Associated Organization: ENDA

Summary:

The debate on Climate Change and Agriculture is crucial with regards to Africa's development and to the prosperity of its people. In fact, the continent is particularly vulnerable to Climate Change given the levels of poverty that characterize it.

Climate Change in Africa materializes itself particularly through prolonged periods of drought, which seriously affect the agricultural sector. Consequently, this results in the degradation of soil quality, higher temperatures, desert encroachment, frequent sandstorms, declining water resources, falling yields in agricultural productivity, proliferation of insects, threats to food security and increased poverty on the continent.
CARIAA/IRCAAA: Call for Concept Notes/Appel à notes conceptuelles

Created by: admin | 2013-02-20 17:24

Associated Organization: IDRC, DFID

Summary:
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CARIAA is a seven-year research program launched in 2012 and jointly funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

CARIAA supports collaborative, interdisciplinary research in three climate change hot spots in Africa and Asia: deltas, river basins affected by glacial and snowpack melt, and semi-arid regions. Visit our website for more about our approach.
Overcoming local vulnerability: AAP pilot projects in Niger chart a path to resilience

Created by: admin | 2012-10-24 16:04

Associated Organization: UNDP/AAP

Summary:

Niger ranks among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. People here have already noticed a shortening of the rainy season and higher average temperatures. These changes are resulting in smaller yields in the most widely cultivated and consumed crops. Read more http://bit.ly/TzrxaH
GENDER and COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN AGRIC TRADE FOR ECONOMIC CHANGE

Created by: aidfortradelogistics | 2012-08-31 10:45

Associated Organization: AID FOR TRADE LOGISTICS

Summary:

The research proposal is addressed to stakeholders and donors on how the gender and communities are important to participate in macroeconomics activities, more emphasis being given to agricultural trade which contribute to the revenue and bring a change to the economy, there is no emphasis on agricultural trade and this has been left behind, this paper will show them how they are needed in agricultural participatory and production program that link to other different activities.

This research is being written to encourage gender and communities as a whole with no specification of particular area but addressed to Tanzania which is identified with a huge uncultivated fertile soil, the community and gender should understand their role and reason of participation of which the outcome will result in poverty alleviation, market access and contribute to government revenue.

There will be a happier Tanzania with a change in GDP as years goes on due to awareness of both participating in the program, the analysis shows that the GDP per capita is not growing so fast because gender and communities are not participating fully in different agricultural trade (cultivating and producing) anticipating that particular group or gender have to do it while everyone should take part.

Studies in this paper shows the performance in agricultural trade and participation of gender and community in the activity and their contribution to economy of the country, this study has got basic recommendations that provide the way forward and why the gender and community should be fully involved in agricultural trade no matter who they are and where they come from because even an urbanite can decide to move to remote area and be a farmer depending on what he/she is featuring on.

Guidelines provided in this research are much more important, it contain the structure, evolution and future expectation if gender and community participate fully in the agricultural trade for economic change, this include stake holders and government which can help/ contribute to their full participation and potential direction, it also assure that worry not about the startup.
Education, children and climate change

Created by: admin | 2012-05-11 15:15

Associated Organization: UNICEF

Summary:

Mauritania is one of the poorest countries in the world and its population face a severe lack of health coverage, safe drinking water, sanitation and education. Widespread poverty and underfunded schools have dealt a blow to the educational attainment of poor children, restricting Mauritania's chances for development and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

UNICEF's Education for All initiative works with the Government to improve the number of the most deprived children, particularly girls, completing basic education. UNICEF is helping improve the school environment by providing and installing solar systems for rural schools. Solar systems provide light and electricity for schools from a clean and cheap source of energy. This especially helps girls education because they can have longer hours in school.

UNICEF aims to have solar systems in all 429 UNICEF schools projects and works in partnership with the local communities so they are empowered to lead and sustain the projects. http://bit.ly/JiX0JW
BOMA Project: FIGHTING POVERTY IN AFRICA…AND IT’S WORKING

Created by: admin | 2012-05-11 14:55

Associated Organization: BOMA, Kenya

Summary:
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: BOMA uses innovative microfinance and job-skills training programs to help the pastoral nomads of Northern Kenya to establish sustainable small businesses in their communities. In a region devastated by drought and poverty, women are using the tools of economic self-empowerment to feed their families, educate their children and pay for medical care.

LOCAL LEADERSHIP: BOMA’s economic empowerment program is led by trained Village Mentors. They are respected local residents with professional experience, such as schoolteachers and shop owners. http://bomaproject.org. Here’s how The BOMA Project works:
Review of Adaptation Action

Created by: AdaptationPartnership | 2012-03-20 19:58

Associated Organization: Adaptation Partnership / IISD

Summary:

As part of our effort to catalyze effective adaptation action, the Adaptation Partnership commissioned a review of planned and existing adaptation activities in 12 sub-regions across Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. These reviews provide an inventory of regional and country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications. They also identify gaps and opportunities for scaling up and enhancing collaboration.
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

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.
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.
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.
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.
Experiences of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

Created by: admin | 2011-09-07 10:37

Associated Organization: Ecological Society of Eastern Africa (ESEA)

Summary: 19 case studies on Climate Change Adaptation in Africa.
Climate Change TV Video Awards now online

Created by: admin | 2011-09-01 10:51

Associated Organization: Climate Change TV

Summary: The first Climate Change TV Video Awards (http://www.climate-change.tv/video-award) are now open with videos submitted from people and organizations all over the world.
2011 Access to Learning Award: Arid Lands Information Network, Eastern Africa

Created by: admin | 2011-08-17 10:15

Associated Organization: ALIN

Summary: Providing Access to Knowledge in Africa’s Arid Lands Those living in the remote arid lands of Eastern Africa must do without a lot. They typically have no plumbing or electricity. They go for long stretches without rainfall. And they often don’t have easy access to medical care.
Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum 2011

Created by: admin | 2011-08-16 05:03

Associated Organization: UNEP

Summary: The Adaptation Forum 2011 will provide a unique opportunity to share frontline findings and innovations, opportunities and challenges in mainstreaming Climate Change adaptation into development.
2011 START Grants for Global Environmental Change (GEC) Research in Africa

Created by: admin | 2011-08-08 06:41

Associated Organization: START

Summary: START is pleased to announce the grantees for the 2011 START Grants for Global Environmental Change Research in Africa. The theme of this year's Call for Applications was climate change, agriculture, and food security with an emphasis on the sustainability of ecosystem services. In 2011, 16 grants have been awarded to 64 cooperating scientists across 16 African countries.
The Mantra Project

Created by: spanda | 2011-07-23 06:32

Associated Organization: Spanda Foundation

Summary: Mantra is a project of green micrifinance.
Meet & Greet meeting in Accra, April 2011

Created by: admin | 2011-07-22 12:27

Associated Organization: AfricaAdapt

Summary: Overview of Meet & Greet meeting in Accra, April 2011 Core issues that were highlighted over the course of the discussions.
Call for Abstracts: Planet under Pressure conference

Created by: admin | 2011-07-18 12:51

Associated Organization: CCAFS

Summary: Submitted by AGhosh on 29 June 2011 Filed under: Careers and calls Due 19 August 2011. Abstract submission is now open for Planet Under Pressure 2012: New Knowledge Towards Solutions. This major international science conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge. This is an open call for participants and for abstracts for presentations and posters to be submitted against a variety of session topics.
Integrating water with climate change adaptation plans

Created by: admin | 2011-07-03 08:21

Associated Organization: AfricaAdapt

Summary: This policy brief, published by the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, argues that water resource management should not be overlooked in plans for climate change adaptation in Africa. Africa is vulnerable to climate change impacts which are, in large part, connected by water. Rainfall is uneven and unpredictable across different parts of the continent and varies dramatically by season. These variations can bring about floods and severe droughts that can last for years.
Message to ‘The Hard To Reach’ on Environmental Conservation and Climate Change

Created by: wamuthoni | 2011-06-29 23:43

Associated Organization: Tree Is Life Trust

Summary: Communities living in the project target area have very poor access to ICTs from where they can get updates about climate change contributing to high levels of ignorance. Poor information technology facilities are cited as the cause to the high ignorance levels since they hinder effective information flow. Awareness raising and sensitization activities are seen as the major tools to create sustainable environmental management hence the rationale of this project.
Knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund 2011 - DEADLINE EXTENDED

Created by: binetou | 2011-06-27 16:12

Associated Organization: AfricaAdapt

Summary:
Launch of the 3rd Edition of the AfricaAdapt Knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund
AfricaAdapt at the AgKnowledge Shair Fair

Created by: admin | 2011-04-30 09:00

Associated Organization: AfricaAdapt

Summary: AfricaAdapt particvipation to the AgKnowledge Share Fair - Addis Abeba, 18-21 October 2010. The AgKnowledge Share Fair was organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and was attended by over 200 participants from all over the world.