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About us
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.
Our mission
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.
Workshops & Events
Online Kickoff Event of the DAAD Global Climate and Environment Centers
5 October 2021: Online Kickoff Event of the DAAD Global Climate and Environment Centers The four PIs of AFAS presented our project and plans during
UNCCD COP (Abidjan)
09-20 May 2022: UNCCD COP (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) AFAS took part in the fifteenth session of the Parties (COP 15) of the United Nations Convention
Train-the-Trainers-Workshop
30 November 2021 – 2 December 2021 The first of three planned train-the-trainer workshops was held virtually over the course of 3 days at the
