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  • Research in Action
    Climate change

    Drones on the delta

    In Ghana's Volta River delta, the remotely-operated aerial vehicles are going where researchers can't to help study coastal erosion, flooding and migration.
    Published date
    Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 15:00
  • Research in Action
    CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION Innovative applications

    Adapting to a new environmental reality in Morocco

    How an IDRC-funded project is helping a part of the North African country innovate to weather the effects of a changing climate.
    Published date
    Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 16:00
  • Research in Action
    Climate change

    Building up climate change adaptation expertise in Africa

    From 2006-2012, 212 organizations participated in research supported by the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) program. Despite the lack of African institutions working on climate change issues prior to the CCAA program, some 89% of these organizations are based in Africa, and now represent one of CCAA's key results: a strong base of African expertise to conduct and communicate research on adaptation to climate change. Following CCAA funding, mentoring, and opportunities to work with international experts, these institutions and their researchers are now recognized by communities and governments in Africa and beyond as go-to experts to inform adaptation initiatives, programs, and policies.
    Published date
    Friday, September 14, 2012 - 11:30
  • Research in Action
    Environment Climate change Environmental economics

    Nigerian forest communities act to reduce carbon emissions

    An IDRC-funded research project helped forest communities in Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria, identify the conditions necessary for programs to successfully reduce carbon emissions in their communities. The study was also a means to inform local decision-makers about what communities needed to improve their livelihoods in a sustainable way.
    Published date
    Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 11:30
  • Research in Action
    Environment Climate change

    Senegal: Staying home at all costs

    ​When a neighbourhood is at risk of flooding, the most logical solution is to build new houses in more secure areas and to relocate the residents. But in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, things are not so simple.
    Published date
    Friday, May 13, 2016 - 12:30
  • Research in Action
    Climate change Environment

    Morocco: The value of water

    ​Morocco is a partially arid country where rain is rare but where agriculture prospers in spite of everything. Climate change has nevertheless had a major impact on Morocco in recent years. Precipitation has decreased by 20%, and heat and cold waves are increasingly frequent.
    Published date
    Friday, April 8, 2016 - 11:00
  • Research in Action
    CLIMATE CHANGE ENVIRONMENT

    Angola: Better forecasting

    Angola once benefited from a rich climatological database. But 30 years of civil war, which lasted from 1973 to 2002, destroyed 98% of the country's meteorological stations and the associated data.
    Published date
    Friday, April 8, 2016 - 11:00

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