Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
109
Resources
162
Stories
317
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6th August 2026
Amplifying the voices of African early-career researchers for global and regional climate leadership In this blog, Prince Ansah, Zelda Gadegbeku and Valerie Nutakor highlight the importance of strengthening African leadership in climate research through the CDKN Africa Early-Career Researchers (ECR) Fellowship. Despite being disproportionately affected by climate change, African researchers remain underrepresented in global climate science and policy spaces. The fellowship responds to this challenge by equipping emerging researchers with skills, networks and platforms to amplify their voices, influence policy, and generate locally grounded climate solutions. Through capacity strengthening, knowledge co-creation, science-policy engagement and peer learning, the programme demonstrates how investing in African ECRs can help build a new generation of climate leaders capable of shaping Africa's climate future on their own terms.
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Climate Activist Programme in Ghana

Young people across Africa are emerging as powerful drivers of climate innovation, advocacy, and community mobilisation, yet many still face barriers such as limited access to technical knowledge, mentorship, financial literacy, institutional support, and practical pathways to scale their impact. The Climate Activist Programme (CAP) was launched in 2024 to close these gaps, and its current edition, CAP 3.0: Skills to Scale for Resilience, builds on the lessons of CAP24 and CAP25 with a multidisciplinary, experiential approach spanning climate science, policy, leadership, project management, climate finance, entrepreneurship, storytelling, and creative advocacy. 

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Youth in Climate Action Small Grants Initiative in Ethiopia

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27th July 2026
Singing as climate action: Amplifying women’s voices in Ghana’s Upper West Region In Ghana's Upper West Region, women play a critical role in managing climate risks through their responsibilities in farming, seed preservation, water management and household food security. The following inside story, written by Shelta Gatsey and Patricia Bamanyaki, explores how women's climate knowledge can be amplified through culturally familiar communication channels.
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23rd July 2026
Africa Early Career Fellowship Podcast Series: Amplifying African climate researchers voices The Africa Early Career Fellowship Podcast Series is a flagship initiative of CDKN’s Amplifying Voices of African Researchers (AVAR) project, designed to elevate African-led climate research and strengthen links between science, policy and practice.
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21st July 2026
Seeds of resilience: How community seed systems are advancing LLA in Africa Across Africa, climate change is placing growing pressure on food systems. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and more frequent extreme weather events are making it harder for small-scale farmers to produce food, while biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and dependence on commercial agricultural inputs are increasing vulnerability. This blog by Essia Guezzi looks at how Micaia Foundation, one of CDKN's Knowledge to Action (K2A) grantees, is working with communities in Mozambique's Manica Province to strengthen community-managed seed banks. 
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7th July 2026
Lessons from a learning workshop on locally led adaptation in Africa This brief, authored by Fatema Rajabali, forms part of a year-long CDKN learning process on locally led adaptation with partners across Africa. It captures the core insights that emerged from the regional learning exchange and lays the foundation for a forthcoming synthesis report.
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Implementing the Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting & Learning (MERL) tool in Kenya

This project supports the Government of Kenya to develop a participatory Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning (MERL) tool to improve the tracking of climate investments, outcomes, and impacts. It addresses gaps in existing monitoring systems that limit the measurement of climate action effectiveness, climate finance mobilisation, project sustainability, and reporting. Led by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry (MECCF) with support from CDKN Kenya and pilot counties, the tool is being co-created to strengthen evidence-based climate planning and accountability.

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17th June 2026
Centring human rights in ecosystem-based adaptation This policy brief, written by CDKN’s Hannah Sack and Nadia Sitas and published by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), explores how a human rights-based approach (HRBA) can strengthen ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to climate change.
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4th June 2026
CDKN in Bonn for the June Climate Meetings (SB64) CDKN Programme Lead, Lisa McNamara, CDKN GESI Lead, Patricia Bamanyaki, and partners will represent CDKN at multiple events during the 64th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SB64) in Bonn, Germany.
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28th May 2026
Enhancing resilience in Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains through community-led ecosystem-based adaptation This case study explores the RELIVES project, implemented by ORDA Ethiopia and CARE Ethiopia, and how it supported community resilience through locally led adaptation approaches. It highlights EbA efforts to strengthen climate resilience, improve natural resource management and support sustainable livelihood opportunities through community participation, partnership and locally driven action.
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20th May 2026
Acting locally for global impact: Advancing biodiversity and climate action through rights, knowledge and governance To commemorate International Day for Biological Diversity, Nadia Sitas, Hannah Sack and Cris Robertson reflect on an urgent reality: biodiversity loss and climate change are deeply interconnected crises that require equally interconnected solutions. The Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), however, provides a shared roadmap to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, with ambitious targets that recognise the central role of people, rights, and governance systems. At CDKN our work aligns closely with this agenda.