Climate Change, Hydro-Conflicts and Human Security - CLICO

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    United Nations University-EHS, European Commission
    Summary:

     CLICO is a three year research project funded by the European Commission.

    Expected Outputs:

     CLICO pursues the following two objectives:

    • To understand and model the relationships between hydro-climatic hazards, climate change vulnerability, human security and conflict, on the basis of theoretically-informed, comparative empirical research.
    • To map international and national policies for security and adaptation in water resources and hazard management, and develop a policy model for security against hydro-climatic hazards (“hydro-security”) in the region, applicable to the UN, EU and national states.
    Contacts:

    Lars Wirkus
    Research Associate
    Tel.: + 49-228-815-0209
    e-mail: wirkus@ehs.unu.edu

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation (time span: Jan 2010 - Dec 2012)
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    European Commission (EC)
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a

Strategies for adapting to climate change in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

Submitted by naomi.sleeper on Fri, 2010-09-03 10:11
Author(s):
Jonathan Makau Nzuma, Michael Waithaka, Richard Mbithi Mulwa, Miriam Kyotalimye, Gerald Nelson
Year:
2010
Publisher:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Summary:

This IFPRI publication is a review of data sources, Poverty Reduction Strategy Programs (PRSPs) and National Adaptation Plans for Agriculture (NAPAs) in ASARECA member countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda).

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