Kulima director in Zambia to start process of mainstreaming development plans
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Lusaka this week to work with the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience in the process of mainstreaming climate resilience into development plans. In 2015, working with a local consultant, she trained Climate Resilience and Adaptation...
Kulima director in Malawi with other members of the UMFULA team
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Malawi for the next 2 weeks, visiting Lilongwe, Mulanje, Blantyre and Chikwawa with other members of the UMFULA team. The "Uncertainty Reduction in Models for Understanding Development Applications" (UMFULA) project is part of...
Kulima director participating in Future Earth Water-Energy-Food cluster project dialogue
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Johannesburg this week to participate in a policy dialogue as part of the Future Earth Water-Energy-Food cluster project, hosted by the Water Research Commission and the University of KwaZulu Natal. The dialogue aims to review how the...
Kulima paper on gender implications of the Paris Agreement to be presented in Marrakech
Kulima has written an analysis paper and related briefing note on the gender implications of the Paris Agreement. The paper outlines how inclusion of gender issues has evolved through the UNFCCC international policy process, and then highlights “missed...
Kulima director in Cape Town for UMFULA annual meeting
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Cape Town this week for the annual meeting of the UMFULA project. "Uncertainty Reduction in Models for Understanding Development Applications" (UMFULA) is part of the Future Climate for Africa programme, and concerned with climate...
Kulima director in Nairobi for design meeting of the Western Indian Ocean Deltas Exchanges and Research Network
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Nairobi this week to participate in the design meeting for a new initiative - the Western Indian Ocean Deltas Exchanges and Research Network (WIODER). The project will be a partnership between a number of organisations and programmes with...
Kulima director in Malawi to support design of climate resilience programme
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Malawi this week with colleagues from LTS International and the Global Climate Adaptation Partnership to support the design of a climate resilience programme. The programme, which is likely to last 5 years and be supported by a number of...
New paper on mainstreaming conservation agriculture in Malawi with inputs from Kulima
A paper entitled "Mainstreaming conservation agriculture in Malawi: Knowledge gaps and institutional barriers" is now available online in the Journal of Environmental Management. The paper highlights the ways in which conservation agriculture...
New paper on the Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services Advisory Board with inputs from Kulima
A paper on the role of the Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services Advisory Board (VIACS AB v1.0) and its contribution to CMIP6 has been published in Geoscientific Model Development. CMIP6 is the mechanism for comparing global climate models. The VIACS...
New DECCMA publication on evaluating adaptation pathways with inputs from Kulima
The Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project has released a new working paper, co-authored by Dr Katharine Vincent, entitled "A framework for the design and evaluation of adaptation pathways in large river...
Kulima director participating in DECCMA whole consortium meeting in India
Dr Katharine Vincent is in India this week to participate in the whole consortium meeting of the DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project. DECCMA is one project within the Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia...
Kulima director in Malawi to undertake research for UMFULA project
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Blantyre and Lilongwe this week to undertake research for UMFULA. The "Uncertainty Reduction in Models for Understanding Development Applications" (UMFULA) project is part of the Future Climate for Africa programme, and...
CSAG and Kulima publish blog on Communities of Practice
The Climate Systems Analysis Group (CSAG) and Kulima Integrated Development Solutions have published a blog on communities of practice. The project "Integrated Climate Change Modelling and Policy Linkages for Adaptive Planning" looked at certain...
Kulima director participating in CARIAA workshop on “stories of change” M&E method
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Addis Ababa to participate in a workshop under the Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) programme. One of the core aims of CARIAA is to promote uptake of adaptation research by stakeholders in policy and...
Kulima working with WWF to investigate responses to changes in weather and climate
Kulima has been working with WWF to prepare survey instrument suitable for use by non-experts to investigate responses to changes in weather and climate in African countries, and how these responses are affecting ecosystems. The survey instrument comprises closed...
Kulima director presenting at 2nd Southern African Adaptation Colloquium
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Johannesburg this week to participate in the 2nd Southern African Adaptation Colloquium at the University of the Witwatersrand. The event is co-organised by the Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute, the African Climate...
Kulima director presents at UNFCCC Adaptation Forum 2016
Dr Katharine Vincent participated in the UNFCCC Adaptation Forum, held alongside the 2016 Adaptation Futures conference in Rotterdam. The theme of the forum was "Adaptation under the UNFCCC after the Paris Agreement". The purpose was to inform participants...
IFPRI and Kulima publish project note on seasonal forecasts in South Africa
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Kulima Integrated Development Solutions have released a project note on "Improving effective use of seasonal forecasts in South Africa". This is an output of the "Southern...
Kulima director attending CARIAA Annual Learning Review
Following on from the Adaptation Futures 2016 conference, Dr Katharine Vincent is now in Wageningen for the Annual Learning Review of the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) programme. The Annual Learning Review brings...
Kulima director attending Adaptation Futures conference in Rotterdam
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Rotterdam this week to participate in the Adaptation Futures conference. She will be presenting two papers. One, entitled "Critical reflections on a co-production science-policy process: A case study from Malawi" will be in...
Kulima directors in Addis to present agricultural adaptation good practices to CAADP
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are in Addis Ababa to present agricultural adaptation good practices to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). The report arises from a project managed by Kulima and UNIQUE Landuse and...
Kulima director in Malawi for inception of Future Climate for Africa project
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Malawi this week as the UMFULA team continues its research visit in southern Africa. The "Uncertainty Reduction in Models for Understanding Development Applications" (UMFULA) project is part of the Future Climate for...
Kulima director in Tanzania to assess climate services needs within the UMFULA project
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Tanzania this week as part of a team from UMFULA. The "Uncertainty Reduction in Models for Understanding Development Applications" (UMFULA) project is part of the Future Climate for Africa programme, and concerned with climate...
DECCMA publishes review of adaptation finance initiatives by Kulima
DECCMA has published a scoping report of adaptation finance initiatives in Bangladesh, Ghana and India, authored by Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull. DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) is one of four projects...
Kulima investigating science-policy communication pathways with CSAG
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are working with the Climate Systems Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town to investigate science-policy communication pathways as part of the project "Integrated Climate Change Modelling and Policy Linkages for...
Kulima director participating in IPCC expert meeting on the Task Group on data and scenario support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA)
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Geneva this week to participate in the IPCC Expert Meeting on the Task Group on Data and Scenario for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA). The purpose of the meeting is to consolidate inputs from various parties on the future role of...
Kulima director participating in UMFULA meetings with project partners in the UK
Dr Katharine Vincent is in the UK this week to meet with colleagues at the Universities of Leeds, Sussex, Oxford and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. The "Uncertainty Reduction in Models for Understanding...
Kulima directors participating in DECCMA whole consortium meeting in the UK
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are in Southampton this week to participate in the whole consortium meeting of the DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project. DECCMA is one project within the Collaborative Adaptation...
Happy Holidays from Kulima Integrated Development Solutions
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull would like to wish all their partners and colleagues Happy Holidays. The office of Kulima Integrated Development Solutions will remain open over the festive season, with the exception of public holidays. We look forward to...
Kulima contributing to African Risk Capacity new climate insurance product design
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull, together with the Frankfurt School (UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance), are developing criteria for evaluation of adaptation investment plans that will be submitted by countries participating...
Kulima finalising project on agricultural adaptation good practices
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are finalising a project that has identified good practices in agricultural adaptation from across the African continent. The project is managed by Kulima and UNIQUE Landuse and Forestry, and is part of the GIZ support...
Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance releases report of meeting facilitated by Kulima
Save the Children UK, on behalf of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA), has released a report of a consortium partner workshop and stakeholder meeting held in October that were both facilited by Kulima. The consortium partner workshop brought...
Kulima director supporting gender training for CDKN in Cape Town
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Cape Town this week to support gender training for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network staff based at SouthSouthNorth. The training is being run by Dr Virginie le Masson from the Overseas Development Institute as part of an...
Kulima directors in Cape Town for FCFA UMFULA inception meeting
Following last week's formal launch of the Future Climate for Africa programme, this week Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are attending the UMFULA project inception meeting in Cape Town. UMFULA is a climate services project with various...
Kulima is part of the DFID-NERC Future Climate for Africa programme
Kulima Integrated Development Solutions is proud to announce their participation in the new DFID-NERC Future Climate for Africa programme. They will be co-leading the third pillar of the project "Uncertainty Reduction in Models for Understanding...
Kulima director in Malawi to assess political economy of decision-making
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Malawi this week to assess the political economy of decision-making. This forms one component of a broader study that is investigating the potential to develop national resilience in Malawi, and is being led by LTS International. The other...
Kulima director in Panama to co-facilitate workshop on improved science-policy communication
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Panama City this week to co-facilitate a workshop on improved science-policy communication. The workshop is the second one to take place under the IDRC-funded project "Integrated Climate Change Modelling and Policy Linkages for...
Kulima director in Maputo to facilitate stocktaking workshop on climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Maputo this week, working with Save the Children UK to facilitate a stocktaking workshop on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction activities. As the Mozambique lead for the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA),...
Kulima providing inputs to DECCMA’s research-into-use strategy
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are providing inputs to DECCMA's research-into-use strategy. As a project of the Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia programme, ensuring practical applicability of research findings is of great importance....
Kulima directors contributing to new SADC Climate Risk and Vulnerability handbook
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are working with CSIR to produce a second edition of the popular publication Climate Risk and Vulnerability: A handbook for southern Africa (also available in Portuguese). The first edition presented novel...
Kulima director in Zambia to assess adaptation planning and climate finance absorption capacity
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Zambia this week to investigate the status of adaptation planning and climate finance absorption capacity as part of a project for the AU Specialist Agency, African Risk Capacity. The project, funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge...
Kulima analyses utility of seasonal forecasts in southern Africa
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are finalising a project which has assessed the application of seasonal forecasts in southern Africa. The "Southern Africa's Hydro-Economy and Water Security" project is funded by the Belmont Forum's...
Kulima director participating in DECCMA whole consortium meeting in Ghana
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Accra this week to participate in the whole consortium meeting of DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration as an Adaptation (DECCMA) project. DECCMA is one project within the Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia...
Kulima director in Rwanda to assess adaptation planning and climate finance absorption capacity
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Rwanda this week to investigate the status of adaptation planning and climate finance absorption capacity as part of a project for the AU Specialist Agency, African Risk Capacity. The project, funded by the Climate and...
Kulima director participated in IPCC Expert Meeting of the Task Group on data and scenario support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA)
Last week Dr Katharine Vincent participated in an IPCC Expert Meeting of the Task Group on data and scenario support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA), held at the Lamont Campus of Columbia University in New York. The focus of the meeting was...
Kulima director in Kenya to assess adaptation planning and climate finance absorption capacity
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Kenya this week to investigate the status of adaptation planning and climate finance absorption capacity as part of a project for the AU Specialist Agency, African Risk Capacity. The project, funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge...
Kulima director in Southampton with the DECCMA northern team
Dr Katharine Vincent is at the University of Southampton this week to work with colleagues in the northern team of the DECCMA project. DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration as an Adaptation is one project within the Collaborative Adaptation Research in...
Kulima director in Norwich to present DECCMA’s approach to gender
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Norwich this week to present DECCMA's approach to gender at a training course on "Researching Gender: Concepts and Methods" at the University of East Anglia. The training course runs regularly but has been customised...
Kulima director in Malawi to investigate adaptation planning and climate finance absorption capacity
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Malawi this week to investigate the status of adaptation planning and climate finance absorption capacity as part of a project for the AU Specialist Agency, African Risk Capacity. The project, funded by Climate and Development...
Kulima director in Lusaka for conclusion of climate risk planning assignment
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Lusaka this week to finalise the assignment on climate risk planning with the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience in Zambia. The purpose of this assignment has been to build capacity for climate risk planning within the 14 pilot...