Climate Models: What They Show Us and How They Can Be Used in Planning
Explore this guide from the Future Climate For Africa programme which provides a primer on global climate models (GCMs) and how to use them in planning.
FRACTAL podcast series
The STARTcast is a podcast created by START for early- and mid-career scientists. Listen to Season 2 on co-creating climate information with decision-makers for climate-resilient cities in southern Africa as part of the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) project.
ArcGIS StoryMap: Young people are shaping climate change and health action
This ArcGIS StoryMap shares the stories of youth leaders and the challenges they face in climate change and health action across Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Vietnam, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
CSAG Climate Frontiers Podcast Series
Listen to this series of podcasts hosted by the Climate Systems Analysis Group (CSAG) at the University of Cape Town. These are conversations between researchers and partners across Africa and globally, covering a range of topics from climate science to social science and philosophy.
University of the Philippines Resilience Institute
UP Resilience Institute is a proactive hub to empower Philippine communities with benchmark information vital for effective Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction (CCA-DRR).
Climate risk narratives
This article introduces the concept of Climate Risk Narratives (CRNs), their origin, and their evolution through a trans-disciplinary engaged research activity around urban climate resilience.
Co-producing climate information for Windhoek decision making
This working paper provides an overview of a project that sought to co-produce, communicate and share climate change information to improve decision-making processes for adaptation in Windhoek, Namibia.
Enabling Climate Science Use to Better Support Resilience and Adaptation Practice
This report reviews the use of climate science in adaptation and resilience practice. It was commissioned by the UK government to inform the development of a new programme.
Step-by-step guide: Using climate information to support adaptation planning and policy-making
Guidance on how to quickly and easily access climate data for many locations across Africa, using an interactive map.
FRACTAL Learning - Adaptation Inspiration Theme Module 1-6 Summary
This is a summary article signposting the FRACTAL Learning modules 1-6 on inspirational adaptation cases in Africa.
CBA14 Marketplace: Adapting for Climate Justice
This publication presents two case-studies of community-based and locally led adaptation, support by Islamic Relief. The publication more generally addresses climate justice and adaptation in the context of Islamic Relief projects.
Learning from Future Climate for Africa
This article takes stock of the lessons emerging from FCFA’s collective experience in undertaking transdisciplinary research that can be used to inform future investments on climate and development.
Kenya’s perfect storm of Covid-19, floods and locusts swarms: What does it mean for food security?
In 2020, the East African region faced the multiple threats of locust swarms, flooding and COVID-19 which affected the livelihoods and food security of millions of people. This video discusses what could have been done to reduce the impacts of these threats.
Finnish Meteorological Institute
The mission of the Finnish Meteorological Institute is to produce high-quality observation and research data on the atmosphere and seas.
Improving the co-production of climate services for agriculture
This case study aimed to strengthen capacities of farmers and government officials to understand and share climate information and best practices to inform agricultural decision-making in Nigeria.
Climate Adaptation Services
Climate Adaptation Services (CAS) specializes in combining information about climate change with innovative communication and visualization techniques including story maps, apps and websites.
An investigation of the effects of PICSA on smallholder farmers’ decision-making and livelihoods
This case study analyses the affect of the PICSA approach on smallholder farmer's decision-making and livelihoods when implemented at large scale in Northern Ghana.
The PICSA Approach
Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) is a collaborative project aimed to support farmers with locally relevant weather and climate information.
An Embedded Researcher approach to integrate climate information into decision making in southern African cities
The overall aim of the FRACTAL Embedded Researcher project is to adapt southern African cities to function better and more equitably within both the present and the future climate.
Receptivity and judgement: expanding ways of knowing the climate to strengthen the resilience of cities
This paper discusses how receptivity of decision-makers, scientists and other knowledge-holders can be exercised and increased to enhance the co-production of actionable climate information.
The new frontier in climate resilience
Earth observation (EO) data has the capability to capture large-scale environmental data over a range of spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions.
The Tandem framework
The Tandem framework provides a holistic approach for the co-design of climate services. The seven-step approach is designed to help scientists, intermediaries and decision-makers collaborate.
Zimbabwe MSD
As the National Designated Authority on meteorology, climate and seismology, Zimbabwe's Meteorological Services Department contributes to the protection of life and property and science-based infor
From climate risk to climate resilience: How Zambian smallholders are using local knowledge and climate data to adapt their cropping strategies
This case study considers how climate farmer field schools were established in Northern Zambia to make climate resilience an on-the-ground reality for smallholder farmers.
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