Africa

Region: Africa

Africa:

Projects
95
Resources
155
Stories
298
Resource
31st January 2017
Image of people pulling water out of a well To accompany the project Raising Risk Awareness, CDKN is offering high-quality i
Event
31st January 2017
Raising Risk Awareness in Ethiopia In collaboration with Ethiopia's National Meteorological Agency and the Addis Ababa University, the RRA team invites you to a two-day event focusing on the science of extreme event attribution, analysis of the 2015 drought in Ethiopia and the implication it has for decision-making, and its implications for rebuilding and resilience efforts following such an event.
Feature
30th January 2017
Enhancing African capacity on climate and development knowledge African scientific experts have formed the 'October Group' to boost African contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report process gets underway.
Feature
25th January 2017
Yes, some extreme weather can be blamed on climate change A leading scientist explains that improved computing and statistics can tie extreme events to global warming.
News
25th January 2017
Initiative to raise awareness on climate change impacts An initiative has been formed to help African and Asian societies understand climate change-related impacts such as extreme weather events and prepare for future ones.
Resource
24th January 2017
Reality of resilience: Perspectives of the 2015–16 drought in Ethiopia This report highlights lessons from the 2015–16 drought in Ethiopia, including how and why different communities were impacted
Resource
24th January 2017
REPORT: Kenya ending drought emergencies policy review: scenarios for building resilience in ASALs This report highlights some of the political economy factors that affect the implementation of Kenya’s Ending Drought Emergencies (EDE) Common Programme Framework.
Resource
24th January 2017
REPORT: Attribution of extreme weather events in Africa: a preliminary exploration of the science and policy implications This report explains the methods and implications of different approaches to the attribution of extreme weather events with a focus on Africa.
News
24th January 2017
Africa gears up for first-of-a-kind climate impact study A scientific pilot in Kenya and Ethiopia seeks to identify the link between extreme weather events and global warming
Feature
20th January 2017
Reflecting on Ethiopia's climate finance readiness journey CDKN has been supporting the Government of Ethiopia in achieving climate finance readiness. Tesfaye Hailu reflects on the journey.
Completed
Project
Completed
Technical support to the Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN)

This project aimed to provide the AGN with the research needed in order to take stock of the AGN’s performance in the Paris Agreement, and therefore to identify areas of improvement for the AGN in achieving its stated objectives in the UNFCCC.

Feature
3rd January 2017
Climate models - What they show us and how they can be used in planning Climate modelling is a key tool in tackling the effects of climate change. A new guide from the Future Climate for Africa programme explains how countries can use climate models appropriately - and how to avoid some common pitfalls in interpretation.