Applied Research and Technical Consulting
on adaptation to climate change and disaster risk reduction
Applied Research and Technical Consulting
Kulima Integrated Development Solutions is a boundary organisation working within the field of climate change. What this means is that we act as the interface between scientists and end-users, including policy-makers, practitioners and community members in both the public and private sectors.
Our role is facilitating a two way dialogue which ensures, on the one hand, that end-user needs are identified and effectively communicated to scientists. On the other hand, Kulima works to make sure that relevant scientific information is communicated to end-users in a format that enables them to integrate it into their decision-making, and ultimately to adapt to climate change.
Kulima’s geographical focus is on southern and eastern Africa, but we have experience across the continent and internationally.
“Kulima is a word found in many Nguni languages which refers to preparing the ground so that something can take root– that is, a period of preparation that takes place before seeds can be planted, without which their chances of germinating and growing are very small.”
News and latest topics
Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Change in Malawi commemorates International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
The Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Change programme in Malawi, in which Kulima is part of the Knowledge...
“Evolution of national climate adaptation agendas in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: the role of national leadership and international donors” now published-with inputs from Kulima
An output of the Future Climate For Africa UMFULA project has just been published. "Evolution of national climate...
“Managing collaborative research: insights from a multi-consortium programme on climate adaptation across Africa and South Asia” now published-with inputs from Kulima
Another paper has just been produced that reflects on the process of conducting collaborative applied adaptation...
Projects
EWSA (Early Warnings for Southern Africa)
Weather and Climate Information Services
The Weather and Climate Information Services (WISER) Early Warnings for Southern Africa (EWSA) project focuses on co-producing early warnings of thunderstorms with marginalised urban populations in Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.
BASIN (Behavioural Adaptation for Water Security and Inclusion)
Climate Adaptation and Resilience
The Climate Adaptation and Resilience Behavioural adaptation for water security and inclusion project draws insights from behavioural approaches to improve decision making for more effective and equitable adaptation in policy and practice.
UMFULA (Uncertainty Reduction in Models for Understanding Development Applications)
Future Climate For Africa
The UMFULA project of the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme focused on improving climate information to inform decision making in southern Arica, with a particular focus on informing water management planning decisions over the 5-40 year timespan in Malawi and Tanzania.
BRACC
Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Change
Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Change (BRACC) aims to strengthen resilience of poor households in Malawi to withstand current and projected weather and climate-related shocks and stresses through complementary and tailored livelihood support interventions.
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