Dr Katharine Vincent in Buenos Aires for IPCC Lead Authors Meeting
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the 3rd 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 delivers climate change training course for local government officials in Gaza province, Mozambique
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are in Xai Xai, Mozambique this week, to deliver a two-day climate change training course to local government officials in Gaza province. The training has been commissioned by the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance, as...
Kulima directors have paper accepted in Information Technologies and International Development
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull have had a paper accepted in the journal Information Technologies and International Development. The paper will appear in the spring 2013 edition, volume 9, issue 1, and is entitled '"Ten Seeds" How mobiles have contributed to...
Kulima director invited to review a climate change project in Bangladesh for IFAD
Dr Katharine Vincent has recently completed an external review of the forthcoming Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP) in southwest Bangladesh. Funded by the German Development Bank - KfW, Asian Development Bank and International Fund for...
South Africa Green Fund launches call for proposals
South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the Development of Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have opened a call for applications to the South Africa Green Fund. Municipalities, provincial and national governments, private sector, research...
Kulima and CSIR present training course in Zambia as part of SADC Climate Risk and Capacity project
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull, together with Ms Claire Davis from CSIR, are presenting a 3-day training course on the use of weather and climate information in decision-making in Lusaka. The training course forms part of the SADC-regional project, funded...
Kulima and CSIR present training course in Mozambique as part of SADC Climate Risk and Capacity project
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull, together with Ms Claire Davis from CSIR, are presenting a 3-day training course on the use of weather and climate information in decision-making in Maputo. The training course forms part of the SADC-regional project, funded by...
Kulima runs expert workshop as part of climate change and health project in Mozambique
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull, together with colleagues from CSIR and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, are preparing for an expert workshop to be held next week in Maputo. The workshop, to be attended by climate change and health experts, forms an integral...
Kulima works with African Development Bank to develop an adaptation project in Uganda
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Kampala to undertake preliminary meetings with stakeholders to define an adaptation project concept for submission to the UNFCCC Least Developed Countries Fund. Addressing priorities identified in Uganda's National Adaptation...
Kulima trains WWF staff to undertake Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull are currently in Lamu, Kenya, where they are training WWF staff to undertake Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments. WWF manages the East Africa Conservation Network Initiative, which comprises 9 seascape/landscapes. As...
Kulima participates in SARVA portal theme convenors meeting in Cape Town
Dr Katharine Vincent is in Cape Town for the quarterly SARVA portal theme convenors meeting. The SARVA portal is an electronic spatial data poertal designed to accompany the South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas. Kulima contributes information on the use of...
IPCC announces call for applications for the second round of its scholarship programme
The IPCC Scholarship Programme has announced a call for applications for its second round. The aim of the IPCC Scholarship Programme is to build capacity in the understanding and management of climate change in developing countries through providing opportunities for...
Dates announced for training courses in the CSIR-Kulima SADC capacity building project
Training course dates have just been announced for the USAID-funded project on Climate Risk and Vulnerability in Southern Africa, implemented by CSIR and Kulima. The project aims to build the capacity of decision-makers across the SADC region to use weather and...
Kulima supports adaptation at the African Development Bank
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Tunis as part of an assignment to support the development of adaptation projects and use of Global Environment Facility funding. She will be working with the Environment, Energy and Climate Change department (ONEC3) of the African...
Kulima supports CARE in developing a project on water and sanitation in northern Mozambique
Kulima has been supporting CARE International in Mozambique to develop a project on water and sanitation in northern Mozambique. Mozambique is currently falling short of meeting the Millennium Development Goal on halving the number of people without access to water...
Kulima director nominated to IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Technical Summary writing team
Dr Katharine Vincent has been nominated to act as a Lead Author for the Technical Summary of Working Group 2 (Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation) of the forthcoming IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. The Technical Summary distills key messages from all the chapters...
Kulima is in Maputo to launch a new project on climate change, health, disasters and agriculture in Mozambique
Dr Katharine Vincent is currently in Maputo to launch a new project on climate change, health, disasters and agriculture in Mozambique. The project, funded by CDKN, was requested by the Government of Mozambique, who are keen to fill the data gap in research around...
Kulima supports CARE in developing a project to engender disaster risk reduction in Mozambique
Kulima has been supporting CARE International in Mozambique to develop a project to engender disaster risk reduction in Mozambique. Mozambique has a world class policy and institutional framework for disaster risk reduction, and a very effective National Disaster...
Kulima meets with CDKN on new project: climate change, health, disasters and agriculture in Mozambique
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull have just returned from Cape Town, where they met with CDKN at the start of a new project on climate change, health, disasters and agriculture in Mozambique. CDKN is funding the project at the request of the Government of...
Kulima and CSIR plan training in use of weather and climate information for decision-making in the SADC region
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull met this week with colleagues from CSIR as part of the USAID-funded project on Climate Risk and Vulnerability in Southern Africa. The project, implemented by Kulima and CSIR, aims to build the capacity of decision-makers across...
Adaptation Partnership publishes summary of Kulima-organised Western Indian Ocean Climate Change Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas
The Adaptation Partnership has released a summary report of the Western Indian Ocean Climate Change Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas. The workshop, organised by Ms Tracy Cull, and convened by the United States Agency for International Development and...
Kulima contributes to PROVIA guidance on vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessment
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull have been part of the international team of scientific experts assembled to review the guidance on vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessments. The task comprises one of four work streams of PROVIA - Programme of Research on...
Kulima and International Development conduct a third round of climate change training at the African Development Bank
Dr Katharine Vincent is again in Tunis where she is part of a team conducting climate change training at the African Development Bank. The training, focusing on the impacts of climate change on energy and transport, forms part of a series that has been designed and...
CDKN launches “Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report” with comments from Kulima
In honour of the recent release of the IPCC's Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) has launched a series of reports, “Managing Climate...
CODESRIA issues 2012 Call for Proposals
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites proposals from researchers based in African universities and centres of research for the constitution of Comparative Research Networks (CRNs) to undertake studies on or around any...
Kulima undertakes climate capacity building needs assessment in Mozambique
Last week Dr Katharine Vincent was in Maputo to meet with government and non-government representatives to assess the needs for climate capacity building in the country. The needs assessment is a key component of the USAID-funded project on Climate Risk and...
Kulima paper presented at Planet Under Pressure conference in London
Building on their recent collaborations, Kulima and CSIR are presenting a paper at this week's Planet Under Pressure conference in London. The paper, entitled "Bridging the Gap: Experiences of communicating climate information between producers and end-users in...
FAO and CCAFS release gender, climate change and food security training guide, with Kulima inputs
FAO and Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (a research programme of CGIAR) have released a new training guide entitled “Gender and Climate Change Research in Agriculture and Food Security for Rural Development”, on which Kulima commented during its...
2nd Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation announces Call for Papers
The Second Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation: "Adaptation Research Meets Adaptation Decision-Making" will be held in Helsinki, Finland on 29-31 August 2012. The Call for Abstracts (deadline Friday 30 March 2012) and Registration details can...
Kulima undertakes climate capacity building needs assessment in Zambia
Last week Dr Katharine Vincent was in Lusaka to meet with government and non-government representatives to assess the needs for climate capacity building in the country. The needs assessment is a key component of the USAID-funded project on Climate Risk and...
START issues its 2012 call for grant awards: global environmental change, agriculture and food security
START, the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training, has just announced the 2012 Call for Proposals (CFP) for Global Environmental Change (GEC) Research in Africa on the theme of global environmental change, agriculture and food security. The 2012...
Kulima organises Western Indian Ocean Climate Change Workshop in Cape Town
Ms Tracy Cull is currently in Cape Town for the Western Indian Ocean Climate Change Workshop, which Kulima has organised. The workshop, convened by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration...
Kulima and International Development conduct a second round of climate change training at the African Development Bank
Dr Katharine Vincent has just returned from Tunis where she was part of a team conducting climate change training at the African Development Bank. The training, focusing on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and natural resources, forms part of a series...
Dr Alec Joubert leaves Kulima to join Camco Global
Dr Alec Joubert has left Kulima to join Camco Global, based in Johannesburg. We thank Alec for his commitment throughout 2011, and wish him well in his new position.
Kulima contributes to the South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas spatial data portal
Kulima is contributing information on the human dimensions of weather and climate to the South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas spatial data portal. The portal is designed to complement the hard copy atlas, and provides spatial data arranged around several...
ACCRA releases conference report authored by Kulima
The Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) has released the report of its regional conference. The report was authored by Ms Tracy Cull and Dr Katharine Vincent, and is available in English and Portuguese. The ACCRA regional conference took place in...
Kulima authors guest blog on ClimatePrep.org
Dr Katharine Vincent has authored a guest blog on the WWF-sponsored website ClimatePrep.org, Ensuring Food Production Within a Changing Climate in Southern Africa. The blog builds on the recently-released Kulima-Oxfam report "Overcoming the barriers: How to ensure...
Kulima runs training of trainers on gender and climate change with CCAFS
Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull have just returned from India, where they ran a training of trainers (and oversaw a training course run by the trainers) on gender and climate change, in partnership with CCAFS. Potential trainers from India, Sri Lanka and Nepal...
AlertNet publishes story on Women and Climate Change
Alertnet has just published an article by Katie Murray that was written following an interview with Dr Katharine Vincent. The article, in the Climate Conversations series, entitled "Tune climate policy to women for real change", highlights the gender differences in...
Adaptation Perspectives published with paper from Kulima
UNEP Risoe Centre has just released "Technologies for Adaptation: Perspectives and Practical Experiences" as part of its Technology Transfer Perspectives Series. Dr Katharine Vincent, Ms Tracy Cull and Dr Alec Joubert contributed a paper entitled "Technology needs...
SADC Climate Risk and Vulnerability Handbook launched by CSIR, Kulima and CSAG
The Climate Risk and Vulnerability Handbook for Southern Africa is now available for download. Hard copy versions will be available for purchase from www.kalahari.com. The handbook, produced by CSIR, Kulima and the Climate Systems Analysis Group as part of the...
Kulima and Oxfam release new report “Overcoming the barriers: How to ensure future food production under climate change in southern Africa”
Kulima and Oxfam have today released "Overcoming the barriers: How to ensure future food production under climate change in southern Africa". The report is based on interviews with farmers in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, whose experiences...
Kulima presents at “Experience-based disaster risk reduction in southeast Africa and the southwest Indian Ocean islands”
Dr Katharine Vincent attended a workshop on "Experience-based disaster risk reduction in southeast Africa and the southwest Indian Ocean islands", hosted by FAO and Care as part of the EU ECHO/DIPECHO food security disaster risk reduction project. Kulima was...
UK Government launches findings of the Foresight Migration and Global Environmental Change Project
The UK Government Office for Science in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has just launched the findings of the Foresight project on Migration and Global Environmental Change. In addition to the project report, the evidence base includes 17 reviews...
Kulima presents at UNDP-NBI event on climate change and business in Africa
Kulima participated in the UNDP-NBI event on Green Economy and Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Africa, held in Johannesburg on 17-18th October. The event was attended by delegates from business and business organisations across the continent, who heard...
Kulima presents on adaptation at NBI business event
Dr Katharine Vincent was a member of the expert panel and presented on adaptation at a National Business Initiative business seminar held today in Johannesburg. The event, organised as part of the preparation for COP-17, with support from the British High Commission...
Kulima and International Development conduct climate change training at the African Development Bank
Dr Alec Joubert will be travelling to Tunis this week to conduct climate change training at the African Development Bank. A one-day training will be held for Executive Directors on Thursday 13th October, followed by a half-day training for Senior Management on Friday...
Kulima organises Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance Regional Conference
Kulima has organised the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) Regional Conference, taking place in Nairobi from 26-28th September. ACCRA is an ambitious consortium (Oxfam, Care, World Vision, Save the Children and ODI) working to improve global...
Kulima findings from climate information project presented at 14th Meeting of the CLIVAR Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction
A presentation on "CLIVAR Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction with the World Meteorological Organisation: The case of Regional Climate Outlook Fora" was made by Dr Willem Landman and Dr Alec Joubert at the 14th meeting of the CLIVAR Working Group on...
Kulima begins supporting humanitarian organisations to use climate information in their programming
The SADC Climate Risk Capacity Building project, funded by USAID and implemented by CSIR, Kulima and the Climate Systems Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town, has recently been extended for a further 3 years. As part of this project, Kulima will be working...