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...
Kulima director participates in IPCC Expert Meeting on Climate Change, Food and Agriculture
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Dublin this week to participate in the IPCC Expert Meeting on Climate Change, Food and Agriculture. She will be making a presentation on "Food production and food security" during a plenary session which gives an overview of food...
DECCMA publishes paper on its gender approach by Kulima
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull have produced a paper entitled "DECCMA's approach to the incorporation of gender". Kulima is part of the consortium undertaking the Deltas, vulnerability and Climate Change; Migration as an Adaptation (DECCMA)...
Kulima and DRFN submit Vulnerability and Adaptation chapter for Namibia’s Third National Communication
Kulima Integrated Development Solutions and the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia are submitting to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism the Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment chapter for Namibia's Third National Communication to the UNFCCC. This...
Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change, Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project website goes live
The Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change, Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project has today launched its official website. The project is one of 4 funded by IDRC and DFID under the Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) program...
Kulima looks at use of ENSO forecasts in southern Africa
Kulima is currently working on a project entitled “Southern Africa’s Hydro-Economy and Water Security” (SAHEWS), which is funded by the Belmont Forum’s International Opportunities Fund. Together with consortium members from the...
Kulima supporting WWF in analysis of climate change responses
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are supporting WWF in the analysis of climate change responses from grassroots communities in four African countries: Gabon, Madagascar, Tanzania and Uganda. The primary research, comprising interviews and focus groups, was...
Malawi FCFA pilot case study undertaken by Kulima and the University of Leeds is released
Kulima and the University of Leeds undertook one of four pilot case studies to inform the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme. Using the example of Malawi, the aim was to look at the actual and potential use of weather and climate information in planning...
Kulima directors attend African Risk Capacity climate insurance inception meeting
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are in Johannesburg today for the inception meeting of a new project with the AU specialist agency the African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Ltd. In partnership with the Frankfurt School (UNEP Collaborating Centre for...
Kulima director running climate change workshops in western Zambia
Over the next two weeks Dr Katharine Vincent is running a number of climate change sensitisation and awareness raising workshops in western Zambia. Following on from the Training of Trainers for the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience held in January,...
Kulima directors in Addis Ababa to identify agricultural adaptation best practices
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are in Addis Ababa this week to meet with national experts from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Togo and Zambia. Agricultural adaptations have been assessed in these five countries and South Africa for a variety of different...
Kulima director in Livingstone to train PPCR community facilitators and planning officers
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Livingstone for two weeks as part of the assignment to support climate risk planning within phase 2 of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience. The second phase of PPCR extends mainstreaming of climate resilience into local level...
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 supports drafting of Climate Change Plan of Action for the Health Sector in Mozambique
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull have been working with the Ministerio da Saude (Ministry of Health) to finalise a Climate Change Plan of Action for the Health Sector in Mozambique. The plan builds on a recent workshop attended by national and provincial...
UNEP Adaptation Gap Report released with inputs from Kulima director
At COP20 in Lima. Peru, the United Nations Environment Programme will today release the Adaptation Gap Report. The report focuses on finance, technology and knowledge gaps in developing countries that need to be addressed in order to enable effective adaptation. By...
Kulima director in Zambia to work with Pilot Program for Climate Resilience
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Lusaka this week as part of the climate risk assignment with Zambia's Pilot Program for Climate Resilience. She is attending the PPCR annual meeting in Siavonga and will be working with the national consultant. Their...
Kulima director presents at 2014 CAADP Africa Forum
Ms Tracy Cull is in Johannesburg today to make a presentation at the 2014 CAADP Africa Forum, which has the theme of family farming. The presentation will be in the session on climate-smart agriculture and will highlight preliminary emerging findings from the project...
Kulima director in Windhoek for vulnerability and adaptation assessment of Namibia’s Third National Communication
Ms Tracy Cull is in Windhoek this week for the third workshop of the task team compiling the vulnerability and adaptation assessment of Namibia's Third National Communication to the UNFCCC. The purpose of the workshop is to consolidate the vulnerability...
Kulima director in Mozambique to develop Climate Change Plan of Action for the Health Sector
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Maputo this week to faciltate a workshop attended by national and provincial level health representatives. In partnership with the Ministerio da Saude (Ministry of Health), the aim of the workshop is to develop a Climate Change Plan for...
Kulima director in Abidjan to present climate mainstreaming guidelines to AFDB
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Abidjan this week to present climate mainstreaming guidelines to the African Development Bank. Following the decision to screen all potential bank-funded projects for climate risks, the guidelines have been developed specifically for the...
Kulima directors present at Africa Climate and Development Initiative seminar
Today Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull presented the finding of their Future Climate for Africa Malawi pilot case study findings at the Africa Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town. In the seminar they highlighted findings on the...
Kulima directors in Cape Town for FCFA synthesis workshop
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are currently in Cape Town for the synthesis workshop of the Future Climate for Africa pilot case studies. The workshop brings together representatives of the teams that worked in Ghana and Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda and...
Kulima director in Zambia for PPCR training project
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Lusaka this week for the inception phase of a training project as part of the second phase of Zambia's Pilot Program for Climate Resilience. The first phase of PPCR focused on the development of a Strategic Program for Climate...
Kulima director in Leeds for ESRC seminar on climate change adaptation
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Leeds where she is participating in a seminar on climate change adaptation at the University of Leeds. The seminar forms part of an ESRC-funded series on "Interdisciplinary exchanges: Natural resource management in the...
Kulima directors synthesising outputs of the Africa Climate Change Fellowship Program
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are producing synthesis papers from the outputs of the Africa Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP). The ACCFP promotes innovative adaptation research in Africa through pairing researchers with mentors to implement...
Kulima directors finalising proposal for regional programme on forests, rangelands and adaptation
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are finalising the proposal for a regional programme on forests, rangelands and climate change adaptation in southern Africa. The programme will be submitted to the Global Environment Facility to be considered for Least Developed...
Kulima directors in Malawi to facilitate workshop on weather and climate information
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are in Lilongwe this week to facilitate a workshop of government decision-makers to determine the types of weather and climate information that would be useful to inform their planning. Malawi is one of four countries in...
Kulima director in Ethiopia to assess agricultural adaptation
Ms Tracy Cull is currently in Ethiopia, visiting with haricot bean farmers and bean researchers outside of Nazareth, in the Rift Valley, to see how they are adapting to climate change. Agricultural adaptations are being assessed in six countries across Africa as part...
Kulima director in Cameroon to assess agricultural adaptation
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Cameroon to visit with farmers' groups in the forested zone in the southwest of the country to see what responses they have been putting into practice in response to climate change. Agricultural adaptations are being assessed...
SEED launches report of its South Africa symposium with inputs from Kulima
The SEED Initiative - Supporting Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development - has launched the report of its 2014 South Africa Symposium, which was rapporteured by Kulima. The symposium took place in Pretoria in March 2014 and had the theme "Advancing the Green...
Kulima director in Madagascar to run workshop on forests and climate adaptation
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Antananarivo this week to facilitate a workshop of government representatives who will decide upon the particular design of activities to take place within the remit of a forest adaptation project in Madagascar. In conjunction with...
Kulima director in Burkina Faso to assess agricultural adaptation
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Burkina Faso to visit with agriculture, water, environment and animal health staff and NGO representatives in the Central West region to see what responses they have been observing to climate change, and how their activities are...
ADAPT-PLAN project document for Malawi submitted to Global Environment Facility
The ADAPT-PLAN project document for Malawi has been submitted to the Global Environment Facility in application for Least Developed Countries Fund monies. ADAPT-PLAN integrates adaptation into development planning through establishing an institutional structure that...
Kulima director participating in expert workshop on transdisciplinarity
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Paris this week to participate in an expert workshop on transdisciplinarity convened by the International Social Science Council, START Secretariat, International Council for Science and South Africa's National Research...
Kulima directors in Bangladesh for DECCMA whole consortium kick off meeting
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are currently in Dhaka for the whole consortium meeting of the Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project. DECCMA is one of four projects under the Collaborative Adaptation Research in...
Kulima director in Windhoek for vulnerability and adaptation assessment of Namibia’s Third National Communication
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Windhoek this week to run a brief training course on climate change, in conjunction with the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, and then facilitate a working session of the vulnerability and assessment task team from the group...
Kulima directors in Zambia to run workshop on forests and climate adaptation
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are in Lusaka this week to facilitate a workshop of government representatives who will be deciding upon the particular design of activites to take place within the remit of a forest adaptation project in Zambia. In...
Kulima director in Togo to assess agricultural adaptation
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Togo to visit with maize and sorghum farmers - and farmers' organisations working with them - in the southern maritime climatic zone to see how they are responding to climate change. Agricultural adaptations are being...
Kulima director continues trip to Malawi to wrap up ADAPT-PLAN project proposal
Dr Katharine Vincent continues her trip to Malawi this week to hold a stakeholder workshop to finalise the project document for the ADAPT-PLAN project, on integrating adaptation into decision-making, which has been accepted at concept stage for funding by the GEF...
Kulima directors in Malawi for forest adaptation and Future Climate For Africa
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are in Malawi this week undertaking consultations for two current projects. In conjunction with FAO, they are supporting the development of a project concept note for submission to the Least Developed Countries Fund....
Kulima director in Zambia to support development of forest adaptation project
Dr Katharine Vincent continues her trip in Zambia this week by working to support the development of a project concept note for submission to the Least Developed Countries Fund. Zambia is participating in the development of a regional programme on forests,...
Kulima director in Zambia to assess agricultural adaptation
Dr Katharine Vincent has been in Zambia this past week to visit sorghum farmers in the drought-prone Chirundi district of Southern province and see how they are responding to climate change. Agricultural adaptations are being assessed in six countries across...
Kulima director publishes blog on IPCC for CDKN
Following participation in a panel discussion at the African Climate and Development Initiative of lead authors after the release of the contribution of Working Group 2 (on Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation) to the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report, Dr Katharine...
IPCC Working Group 2 releases its contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report
Following plenary approval by the government members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Yokohama last week, Working Group 2 has released its contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report. The Summary for Policymakers, and the underlying scientific...
Kulima director in Windhoek to discuss vulnerability and adaptation for the Third National Communication to the UNFCCC
Ms Tracy Cull is currently in Windhoek to discuss the intended content and structure of the vulnerability and adaptation section of Namibia's forthcoming Third National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Kulima...
Kulima contributing to CARIAA-funded project on migration in deltas as adaptation to climate change
Kulima is proud to be part of one of the four consortia announced this week as successful under the IDRC- and DFID-funded Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA). CARIAA aims to improve the resilience of poor people to climate...
Kulima runs training on gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis in Mozambique
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Maputo for the next two weeks to run two courses on the Gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (GCVCA) methodology for CARE's government and non-government partners. These training courses are part of the project...
Kulima Director in Tunis to mainstream climate change in AfDB’s water and sanitation portfolio
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Tunis this week, working with the water and sanitation directorate at the African Development Bank to mainstream climate change into their portfolio. This assignment involves screening the current Africa-wide portfolio of water and...
Kulima supports GCVCA fieldwork in Angoche
Following Kulima's training of staff in the new gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (GCVCA) methodology in August 2013, and then the facilitating of 2 planning workshops last month to design and prepare for the participatory research...
Kulima directors publish paper on indicators and loss and damage in Geography Compass
A paper by Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull has been published in the January 2014 edition of the online Wiley journal, Geography Compass. Using indicators to assess climate change vulnerabilities: Are there lessons to learn for emerging loss and damage...