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...
Kulima supports GCVCA fieldwork in Maxixe
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 a planning workshop to design and prepare for the participatory research...
Kulima director in Mozambique to facilitate GCVCA fieldwork design
Dr Katharine Vincent is is Angoche, Mozambique this week to work with two teams from CARE around gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (GCVCA). The teams were previously trained by Kulima in the use of the new gender-sensitive CVCA...
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 director in Zambia to integrate climate change and gender into economic policy research
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Lusaka, working with the DFID-funded Zambia Economic Advocacy Programme to identify opportunities to consider climate change and gender implications of planned economic policy research. Zambia Economic Advocacy Programme is...
Kulima director in Maxixe to plan a gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Maxixe, Mozambique to work with a team from CARE to design a gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (GCVCA). The GCVCA will be conducted by a team of participatory qualitative researchers from CARE who...
PROVIA releases guidance on assessing vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change at COP 19
Ms Tracy Cull and Dr Katharine Vincent were part of an international author team, alongside colleagues from Syke, the Finnish Environment Institute, University of Oslo, Stockholm Environment Institute and Global Climate Forum, who compiled the PROVIA guidance on...
Kulima director in Zambia to design qualitative monitoring and evaluation instrument for the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Zambia to design and pilot the qualitative aspects of a baseline study and the design of the monitoring and evaluation framework, in conjunction with Oxford Policy Management and RuralNet, for the second phase of the Pilot...
Kulima director attends IPCC SREX regional outreach meeting in South Africa
Ms Tracy Cull is currently in Centurion, South Africa, for a regional outreach meeting on the IPCC's Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. The workshop is organised by the IPCC,...
Kulima director in Malawi to present project proposal to Climate Change Technical Committee
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Malawi this week to finalise the proposal development for the ADAPT-PLAN project, that integrates adaptation into development planning at national and local levels. The concept has already been approved by the GEF as eligible for Least...
Kulima authors finalise inputs to IPCC Working Group 2 report
The final draft of the IPCC Working Group 2 (Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation) report was submitted on Friday, with inputs from Kulima's directors. Dr Katharine Vincent has served as a Lead Author on the Rural Areas chapter, and a Contributing Author to...
Kulima director publishes paper in Regional Environmental Change
Dr Katharine Vincent is one of the co-authors, with Lindsay C. Stringer, Andrew J. Dougill, Jen C. Dyer, Florian Fritzsche, Julia Leventon, Mario Paulo Falcao, Pascal Manyakaidze, Stephen Syampungani, Philip Powell and Gabriel Kalaba, of a paper...
Kulima undertakes national level consultations in Malawi for ADAPT-PLAN project
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Lilongwe and Blantyre this week to continue national level stakeholder consultations as part of the preparation of a project document for a GEF LDCF-funded project on "Implementing urgent adaptation priorities through strengthened...
Kulima runs third training course on new gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability Capacity Analysis methodology
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are currently in Maxixe, Mozambique, to run the third training course on the new gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability Capacity Analysis (GCVCA) toolkit, developed in conjunction with CARE Mozambique as part of the project on...
Kulima continues stakeholder consultations for development of ADAPT-PLAN in Malawi
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Lilongwe to continue stakeholder consultations as part of the preparation of a project document for a GEF LDCF-funded project on “Implementing urgent adaptation priorities through strengthened decentralized and...
Kulima directors author paper on coping and adaptation in Climate and Development journal
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull, together with co-authors Diana Chanika, Petan Hamazakaza, Alec Joubert, Eulalia Macome and Charity Mutonhodza-Davies, have published a paper entitled "Farmers' responses to climate variability and change...
Kulima runs second training course on new gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability Capacity Analysis methodology
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are currently in Nampula, Mozambique, to run the second training course on the new gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability Capacity Analysis (GCVCA) toolkit, developed in conjunction with CARE Mozambique as part of the project on...
Kulima facilitates workshop of national experts for CAADP project on agricultural adaptation
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are currently in Midrand, South Africa for a workshop of national experts as part of the Kulima-UNIQUE Forestry and Land Use project on agricultural adaptation to climate change, funded by GIZ and implemented through NEPAD....
Kulima director attends expert workshop on assessing climate change vulnerability in fisheries and aquaculture
Following on from her attendance at an expert workshop on assessing climate change vulnerability in fisheries and aquaculture, convened by the Global Partnership for Climate, Fisheries and Aquaculture (PACFA) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in...
Dr Katharine Vincent in Bled (Slovenia) for IPCC Lead Authors Meeting
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Bled, Slovenia, for the 4th Lead Authors Meeting of IPCC Working Group 2 on Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation. Katharine is serving as a lead author on chapter 9 - rural areas, and a contributing author on chapter 22 -...
Kulima supports development of an adaptation project in Malawi
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Malawi to undertake the first of several scoping trips to develop a project that will ensure the integration of adaptation into development planning and national and district levels in the country. The project concept was...
Kulima co-facilitates workshop on forests, rangelands and climate change with FAO and SADC
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull have been in Johannesburg this week to co-facilitate a workshop on forests, rangelands and climate change with FAO and SADC. The purpose of the workshop, attended by representatives of 13 SADC countries, was to identify...
AfDB launches African Development Report 2012 with inputs from Kulima
The African Development Bank has launched its 2012 African Development Report on the theme "Towards Green Growth in Africa". The report describes the rationale for, and challenges to, green growth in Africa, looking at agriculture, forestry and energy...
Kulima directors present at SADC RVAA Climate Change Seminar
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull have been in Durban for the SADC Regional Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis Climate Change Seminar. Organised by the SADC RVAA programme, and attended by members of southern African national Vulnerability Assessment...
Kulima completes project on climate change, health, agriculture and disasters analysis in Mozambique
Kulima Integrated Development Solutions, together with partners CSIR and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, have completed a project on climate change, health, agriculture and disasters analysis in Mozambique. The project, funded by CDKN, comprised 3 work packages:...
Kulima begins project to develop plan of action on climate change for Mozambique’s Ministry of Health
Following on from the completion of the CDKN-funded project on climate change, health, disasters and agriculture in Mozambique, Kulima and partners (CSIR and the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane) will continue to support the Ministry of Health (MISAU). The project...
Kulima director attends expert workshop on assessing climate change vulnerability in fisheries and aquaculture
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Windhoek attending an expert workshop on assessing climate change vulnerability in fisheries and aquaculture. The workshop, convened by the Global Partnership for Climate, Fisheries and Aquaculture (PACFA) and UN Food and...
Dr Katharine Vincent presents at workshop on climate change and disaster reduction education
Dr Katharine Vincent made a presentation on "Climate change education: progress and next steps" (by skype!) at a workshop entitled "Higher education and climate change: Awareness, access and knowledge sharing across EU and non-EU programs"...
Kulima directors participate in Cities at Risk Workshop in Durban
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are currently in Durban for the Cities at Risk workshop, convened by START, ICSU and the new Future Earth research programme and hosted by the City of Durban/eThekwini Municipality. Attended by...
Kulima quoted in article “Gender relations are changing along with climate”
An article written by Jaspreet Kindra and published today by IRIN cites Kulima and its involvement in the project on engendering disaster risk reduction with CARE in Mozambique. The article, entitled "Gender relations are changing along with...
Kulima runs first training course on new gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability Capacity Analysis methodology
Kulima is running the first training of trainers course in Maputo this week on the new gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability Capacity Analysis (GCVCA) toolkit, developed in conjunction with CARE Mozambique as part of the project on engendering disaster risk...
Kulima writes guest blog on Mozambique flooding for CDKN
In a guest blog, published today on the CDKN website, Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull outline the extent of flooding from heavy rains in Mozambique, and ask why it is receiving so little media coverage. The physical magnitude of flooding has reached...
Kulima directors author paper on writeshops in Environmental Development
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull, in conjunction with co-authors Emma Archer van Garderen and Alex O. Awiti, have published a paper on writeshops in the latest issue of Environmental Development. The paper argues that writeshops, in which experienced...
Postdoctoral Fellowships and PhD/Masters Bursaries in African Climate Change at the University of Cape Town
A number of post-doctoral fellowships and post-graduate research bursaries in climate change are available at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Climate change is a cross-university strategic priority area, with expertise situated over twenty departments and...
Kulima authors guidance notes on Adaptive Social Protection for the Institute of Development Studies
The Adaptive Social Protection Programme at the Institute of Development Studies has just released "Adaptive Social Protection: Making Concepts a Reality. Guidance Notes for Practitioners", written by Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull....
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 chosen to work with CARE Mozambique on engendering disaster risk reduction project
Kulima Integrated Development Solutions has been chosen by CARE Mozambique as an implementing partner in a BMZ-funded project on engendering disaster risk reduction. Running until 2014, the project will develop new gender-sensitive vulnerability assessment...
Kulima and UNIQUE awarded GIZ contract on agricultural adaptation to climate change
Kulima Integrated Development Solutions and UNIQUE Forestry and Land Use have been awarded a GIZ contract on agricultural adaptation to climate change. Forming part of GIZ's programme of support to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP),...
Dr Katharine Vincent attends workshop in Mozambique as part of Leeds University CDKN project
Dr Katharine Vincent was invited to participate in a workshop in Mozambique for a CDKN-funded project implemented by Dr Lindsay Stringer, Professor Andy Dougill, and Dr Jen Dyer from the School of Earth and Environment at Leeds University. The purpose of the workshop...
Coverage of Kulima director at CIF panel on engendering climate finance
Following yesterday's panel on engendering climate finance at the CIF Partnership Forum, at which Ms Tracy Cull was an invited speaker, media coverage of the event is now available through the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Earth Negotiations...
Ms Tracy Cull participates in an expert panel on gender and climate finance at the CIF Partnership Forum in Istanbul
Ms Tracy Cull has been invited to be a guest speaker at a panel on "Innovations in Engendering Climate Finance", taking place on 6th November at the Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum in Istanbul, Turkey. The CIF Partnership Forum is an opportunity for...
Kulima director publishes book review in “Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change”
Dr Katharine Vincent has had a book review published in the peer-reviewed journal Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. The review is of Mike Robbins' book "Crops and Carbon: Paying Farmers to Combat Climate Change." The book examines options for...