Organisation
AfricaAdapt
Facilitating the flow of climate change adaptation knowledge for sustainable livelihoods
AfricaAdapt is an independent bilingual network (French/English) focused exclusively on Africa. The Network’s aim is to facilitate the flow of climate change adaptation knowledge for sustainable livelihoods between researchers, policy makers, civil society organisations and communities who are vulnerable to climate variability and change across the continent.
The organisation’s activities use the latest web-based applications, face-to-face interactions, and other media for: sharing resources; facilitating learning; and strengthening the African adaptation community. Online activities are complemented by a range of offline activities and services, including:
The network is jointly funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Programme.
The organisation’s activities use the latest web-based applications, face-to-face interactions, and other media for: sharing resources; facilitating learning; and strengthening the African adaptation community. Online activities are complemented by a range of offline activities and services, including:
- an innovation fund offering small grants for new approaches to knowledge sharing
- radio-based programming and dialogues in local languages, developed with community radio broadcasters across the continent
- face-to-face meetings bringing people together to exchange ideas and overcome challenges
- mobile alert service letting people without easy web-access know the latest news
- a CD-Rom and paper-based dissemination service for network news
The network is jointly funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Programme.
Topics
Glossary
What we mean by...
- global climate
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- climate change (Globale Erwärmung)
- Climate change is a lasting change in weather patterns over long periods of time. It can be a natural phenomena and and has occurred on Earth even before people inhabited it. Quite different is a current situation that is also referred to as climate change, anthropogenic climate change, or global warming. This change in weather patterns appears to be happening much faster and is linked to human activity contributing to the greenhouse effect.
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- climate change adaptation (adaptation, adaptation to global warming, CCA, Adaption an den Klimawandel, adaptation, ACC, adaptation, adaptação ao aquecimento global, CCA, ACC)
- Adjustments in human and natural systems, in response to actual or expected climate stimuli or their effects, that moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities. (IPPC)
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- sustainable livelihoods
- 'A livelihood comprises the capabilities, assets (including both material and social resources) and activities required for a means of living. A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from stresses and shocks and maintain its capabilities and assets both now and in the future, while not undermining the natural resource base.' (FAO)
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Contact Details
AfricaAdapt Secretariat
, C/O ENDA Tiers-Monde
, 54 Rue Carnot
, BP 3370
, Dakar
