On 22nd November 2024, AFAS second cohort students from the University of Nairobi had an excursion to Yatta Farm, run under the umbrella of Christian Impact Mission (CIM) – a faith-based organisation – to learn about the practical aspects of nature-based solutions (NbS) and science-policy-practice interfaces (SPPIs) implemented within the agriculture sector in Kenya’s savannas…
From the 6th to 7th of September 2022, AFAS staff members and students attended the exciting DAAD Conference “International Scientific Cooperation for the World of Tomorrow: Global Centres for Health and Climate” in Berlin, Germany.
AFAS students from the 2nd cohort from Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny and the University of Nairobi give us insights into the powerful role of Science-Policy-Practice Interfaces (SPPIs) in Africa’s savannas.
The AFAS Summer School convened from the 26th of August to the 6th of September, bringing together 23 AFAS-fellows from East and West Africa along with 3 fellows from Colombia and South Africa from another DAAD Global Center, the Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate & Sustainability (TRAJECTS)…
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire
University of Nairobi, Kenya
The African Climate and Environment Center – Future African Savannas (AFAS) commenced in 2021 and is one of the DAAD Global Centres for Climate and Environment. AFAS is a consortium between two African and two German universities and strives for interdisciplinary and international exchange beyond academia by working on the science-policy-practice interface. The thematic focus of the center is nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and biodiversity loss in African savannas.
The project initiative stems from the urgent need to develop sound and robust evidence-based and science-backed strategies to preserve and protect the fragile environments of the West and East African savannas against the combined threats of extensive and diverse land use and rapid climate change. AFAS aims to train young African scholars in the interdisciplinary field of climate change adaptation and biodiversity and to transfer scientific findings into practice, while at the same time reducing the climate and environmental footprint of education, research and international cooperation. The project specifically focuses on the potential of nature-based solutions and of cooperation on the science-policy-practice interface.
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