Helping the vulnerable adapt to climate change
 
We have supported 46 research and capacity building projects in 33 African countries. The projects we fund link researchers and affected communities to help the most vulnerable adapt to climate change. Below you will find links to projects supported by CCAA, in addition to other  activities we fund to help extend the reach of our grantees.

Projects can be searched by region or theme.
 

Projects for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

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Knowledge Sharing for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa : 2010-2012 and beyond

The idea for the AfricaAdapt network was born of the wish to make proven knowledge on the issue of climate change adaptation available to African actors, and to promote knowledge sharing between resea

Support Fund for Knowledge Sharing : Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA)

IDRC's Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) program initiate aims to improve the capacity of African countries to adapt to climate change in ways that benefit the must vulnerable. To date, CCAA

African Climate Change Fellowship Program - Phase II

During phase I (104391) of the African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP), 16 policy, 13 doctoral, 13 postdoctoral, and three teaching fellowships were awarded to a total of 45 fellows from 18

Coordinating Climate Change Initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa

The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) is spearheading efforts to arrive at a common African position on the post-Kyoto regime and has called on its Secretariat to oversee the p

Climate Change and Policy Option Chapters for the Third Africa Environment Outlook

The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) is the intergovernmental body of the African Union responsible for providing leadership and policy direction on the environment in the reg

Technical Expert Network for High Quality Scientific Publications on Climate Change Adaptation

IDRC's Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) program aims to improve the capacity of African countries to adapt to climate change in ways that benefit the most vulnerable. Since the program's inc

CCAA Book: Adapting Institutions to Meet Climate Change Impacts in Africa

Although institutions play an important role in shaping environmental beliefs, they are generally overlooked in environmental research and climate change in particular. The term "institution" is not i

CCAA at COP 17 in Durban

In its five years of existence, IDRC's Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) programme has funded 41 research projects and trained over 300 researchers in adaptation methodology. In its sixth yea

Rolling Out the AMCEN Communication Strategy on Climate Change in East Africa

The African Union (AU) expects the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in Arusha and one of its key technical arms, the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) in Kisumu, to play a lead role in imp

Raising Awareness of the Integrated Climate, Hydrological and Socioeconomic Model

Research partners led by the University of the Free State have recently completed a project, Managing Climate Risk to Agriculture and Water Resources in South Africa (104150). The project is funded un

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IDRC funds researchers in the developing world so they can build healthier, more prosperous societies
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