2 November, 2015
The Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) initiative is investing £20 million into understanding Africa’s changing climate and how best to use climate information to inform long-term decision making.
The Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) initiative is investing £20 million into understanding Africa’s changing climate and how best to use climate information to inform long-term decision making.
The programme, jointly funded by NERC and DFID, has recently awarded five major grants to the following research projects:
- AMMA-2050 (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis 2050)
AMMA-2050 will improve understanding of how the West African monsoon will be affected by climate change in the coming decades – and help West African societies prepare and adapt. - FRACTAL (Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands)
FRACTAL will improve scientific knowledge of future climate trends in Southern Africa, deepen urban policymakers’ understanding of how climate change will affect water and energy services, and support them to explore climate-resilient development choices. - HyCRISTAL (Integrating Hydro-Climate Science into Policy Decisions for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure and Livelihoods in East Africa)
HyCRISTAL will develop new understanding of climate change and its impacts in East Africa, working with the region’s decision makers to manage water for a more climate-resilient future. - IMPALA (Improving Model Processes for African Climate)
IMPALA research will improve understanding of African climate processes and the mechanisms of future change – leading to a step change in global climate model prediction capability for Africa. - UMFULA (Uncertainty reduction in Models for Understanding Development Applications)
UMFULA will provide new insights and more reliable information about climate processes and extremes in Central and Southern Africa. UMFULA will partner with agencies and universities in Tanzania and Malawi to link the information to development decisions with long-term consequences.
FCFA’s Co-ordination, Capacity Development & Knowledge Exchange Unit is based with the Climate & Development Knowledge Network in Cape Town, South Africa. This team will lead outreach on the research programme’s results, making sure that its findings are communicated widely across the region.
Read more about the FCFA programme and the new grants on the NERC website.
See the blog, written by the FCFA organisers, about the ethics around climate information.