Facilitating the flow of information between policy-makers and scientists in Sub-SaDear haran Africa.
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Reading
Department Name: Meteorology
Abstract
Through my research and the 12 month scoping study for the ACX, I have already built many excellent
personal relationships with key stakeholders and individuals with influential voices at local, national and
international levels. I have successfully connected UoR climate scientists and the Sub-Saharan team
in CAFOD (NGO) to the IoP Campaign for Africa, to support the teaching of weathe-rclimate science at
primary school level in 6 different countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. A proposal will shortly be
submitted to Comic Relief for funding.
Through using links developed through the West Africa Forecasters Handbook KE project and
my co-leadership of a chapter with the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for
Development (ACMAD, Zilore Mumba) to primary and secondary users. The local forecasters as
primary users of scientific knowledge of weather prediction, have direct links to secondary users,
their customers, in various sectors including agriculture, hydrology and water resource planning,
health epidemiology, energy, fisheries, shipping and off-shore oil production.
Through my research links with AMMA and Africa-THORPEX. I will use my active participation
with researchers to share the learning of the ACX and the opportunities offered to link through to
the policy-makers.
Through my work linked to Reading’s Internationalisation Strategy. I am currently organising a
workshop in Khartoum as part of the University’s Sudan Initiative. This will prove useful in
building new relationships with the HEIs and government ministers in Sudan and for meetings
with the National Met Services and NGOs based in Khartoum. There will be many subsequent
synergies with this initiative that I can use as the Fellowship activities progress.
Potential opportunities for generating economic impact: Opportunities to enhance economic
impact exist through industry interest in obtaining climate information. I will exploit myc urrent research
links to support capacity at African HEIs through jointly supervised research projects, similar to the
model used in Reading eg. Hiscox Catastrophe Modelling – I have just been awarded a CASE
Studentship with Dr Hodges (NCEO/ESSC), starting October 2011 working in the Financial service
sector. There is a high degree of interest in climate information in relation to hurricane activity linked to
African weather systems. Also with Fugro GEOS - Measurement, consultancy and forecasting service
for oil companies - interested in understanding the impact of African squal llines on oil platforms in the
Gulf of Guinea.
In addition, I will exploit the EU summit meetings I participate in, to develop new contacts with industry
that have strong investment interests in Africa (eg. TOTAL, Shell, Vodafone). These can be channeled
to provide further support for the ACX activities through their charitable foundations.
Within the School: Reading is developing a new MSc courses on African Meteorology in partnership
with the Met Office. The new research partnerships formed through the ACX will benefit from these
courses and the interest in supporting PhD students remotely through joint supervision arrangements
with African HEIs. I will bring these to the attention of the HEIs I work with in the Africa ACX to help
generate new research and teaching collaborations. We have also had preliminary discussions to link
up with the European distance learning course for Sub-Saharan African students, spear-headed
by Prof Polcher (Head of AMMA-EU, Director of Research for LMD, Paris).
IT Sector: There are also business opportunities for mobile phone communications and cloud
computing. The new ESSC Virtual Observatory offers opportunities for linking industry to decisionmakers
and end-users. New business investment in mobile Early Warning Systems wil l bring
technological development and reinvestment opportunities to Africa with potential job creation .
How and why I can make effective KE and impact more probable: The UK Africa Climate science
community have developed links with operational partners and end-users sporadically and largely independently of each other. Climate science needs to be focused and translated effectively between
user communities to maximise progress towards locally-driven adaptation and mitigation solutions. By
working at the science-policy interface and being immersed in the KE activities needed, I can bring my
skills and experience of KE and working in Africa (see Sections 9, 10) to bring our climate sceince
community together and focus research direction through dialogue with pol icy-makers and through
identifying their priorities. The scoping study and letters of support confirm the science community’s
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interest in doing this through the ACX activities I co-ordinate. Without this fellowship to create and
manage the ACX initiative, barriers will remain between climate scientists and policy-makers. Socioeconomic
impact will be more achievable through establishing a mechanism whereby dialogue
between NERC scientists at the forefront of their research and policy makers in government and
NGO’s will be made easier, less time-consuming and more effective. Lessons learned will be shared
widely through the Africa Climate Exchange portal and through discussion, reports of exchange case
studies and presentations.
Assumptions, risks and mitigation: There were a number of assumptions when the ACX plan was
formed. These were:
(1) Our climate expertise will match the stakeholders’ different needs .
(2) The ACX will make a tangible difference to the decision process for policy-makers and in
exchanging knowledge we will learn which questions are significant and relevant for future African
climate science research.
(3) The proposed activities are the best way to encourage interactions.
(4) Climate variability and change is a barrier to development that the policy-makers need to address.
The key risk is that the different stakeholders will not want to engage with the process. The Scoping
Study and the letters of support refute this. This mitigates the key risk and supports the first three
assumptions. I have been able to develop a set of preliminary research questions based on
stakeholder need that is congruent with the proposed activities and compatible with the expertise we
have at Reading. The third assumption is not one that I can resolve at the moment. I will continue to
assume that exchanging knowledge with policy-makers is the most effective tool to development but I
know that policy-makers have many other concerns with competing pressures eg. population growth,
urbanisation, poverty, globalisation of markets and land-use changes. The last assumption is wellfounded
given the passion of the participants at the Africa Adapt Symposium I have just come back
from - climate information and understanding it in the context of adaptation and climate compatible
development is paramount. I will continue to manage these assumptions and risks by maintaining
frequent one-to-one discussions to understand different stakeholder specific needs, to identify benefits
and rewards to all stakeholders and to match these carefully to the ACX objectives to maintain interest
and input. I will manage the project flexibly, using triage on underproductive avenues and developing
new productive ones.
How long it will take for the impact to be realised? The initial impact will be quick through the 1:1
meetings. The short term metrics for measuring impact are detailed in the time-bound work Plan
Sustained socio-economic impacts from facilitating conversation and these consortia collaboration
between climate scientists and government policy-makers and NGOs in Sudan and Senegal are likely
to continue after the lifetime of this fellowship. Other long-term measures of impact that could be
expected include: (1) Improved policy-relevant predictions in future IPCC Assessment Reports; (2)
Humanitarian/development policy-makers able to understand and respond rapidly to appropriate
information from the regional NMHS within Africa - compare with Red Cross example motivating the
project; (3) Reduced economic impact in Sudan or Senegal in the event of a climate-related shock due
to better informed policy-making. The timing of these impacts is unpredictable as it depends on the
timing of a climate-related shock, and the timescale for new policies to be developed and implemented
but we would expect to see impact within 5-10 years.
How will the ACX be sustained? The ACX will be sustainable through (i) the new relationships built
between stakeholders - a successful collaboration develops relationships that go beyond the life-time of
a project and which can be drawn on at some future point; (ii) “word of mouth” knowledge sharing; (iii)
Reading’s continued financial support for the ACX portal – populating the portal with continued casestudies
and connections will remain the the most effective way for NERC scientists to realize their
Impact Plan; and (iv) securing additional funding to extend the ACX framework of exchange and
consortia approach to other Sub-Saharan countries.(i) - (iii) are likely. (iv) will be investigated through
Task 4 - setting up meetings to discuss ongoing funding, in the following order, with :
1. UK government (DFID)
2. Corporate business/foundations eg. Rockefeller Foundation (UoR already has a Foundation grant
to support the Rockefeller Climate Change Units in East Africa); and Vodafone Foundation (who
are the prime player in the telecommunications sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
personal relationships with key stakeholders and individuals with influential voices at local, national and
international levels. I have successfully connected UoR climate scientists and the Sub-Saharan team
in CAFOD (NGO) to the IoP Campaign for Africa, to support the teaching of weathe-rclimate science at
primary school level in 6 different countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. A proposal will shortly be
submitted to Comic Relief for funding.
Through using links developed through the West Africa Forecasters Handbook KE project and
my co-leadership of a chapter with the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for
Development (ACMAD, Zilore Mumba) to primary and secondary users. The local forecasters as
primary users of scientific knowledge of weather prediction, have direct links to secondary users,
their customers, in various sectors including agriculture, hydrology and water resource planning,
health epidemiology, energy, fisheries, shipping and off-shore oil production.
Through my research links with AMMA and Africa-THORPEX. I will use my active participation
with researchers to share the learning of the ACX and the opportunities offered to link through to
the policy-makers.
Through my work linked to Reading’s Internationalisation Strategy. I am currently organising a
workshop in Khartoum as part of the University’s Sudan Initiative. This will prove useful in
building new relationships with the HEIs and government ministers in Sudan and for meetings
with the National Met Services and NGOs based in Khartoum. There will be many subsequent
synergies with this initiative that I can use as the Fellowship activities progress.
Potential opportunities for generating economic impact: Opportunities to enhance economic
impact exist through industry interest in obtaining climate information. I will exploit myc urrent research
links to support capacity at African HEIs through jointly supervised research projects, similar to the
model used in Reading eg. Hiscox Catastrophe Modelling – I have just been awarded a CASE
Studentship with Dr Hodges (NCEO/ESSC), starting October 2011 working in the Financial service
sector. There is a high degree of interest in climate information in relation to hurricane activity linked to
African weather systems. Also with Fugro GEOS - Measurement, consultancy and forecasting service
for oil companies - interested in understanding the impact of African squal llines on oil platforms in the
Gulf of Guinea.
In addition, I will exploit the EU summit meetings I participate in, to develop new contacts with industry
that have strong investment interests in Africa (eg. TOTAL, Shell, Vodafone). These can be channeled
to provide further support for the ACX activities through their charitable foundations.
Within the School: Reading is developing a new MSc courses on African Meteorology in partnership
with the Met Office. The new research partnerships formed through the ACX will benefit from these
courses and the interest in supporting PhD students remotely through joint supervision arrangements
with African HEIs. I will bring these to the attention of the HEIs I work with in the Africa ACX to help
generate new research and teaching collaborations. We have also had preliminary discussions to link
up with the European distance learning course for Sub-Saharan African students, spear-headed
by Prof Polcher (Head of AMMA-EU, Director of Research for LMD, Paris).
IT Sector: There are also business opportunities for mobile phone communications and cloud
computing. The new ESSC Virtual Observatory offers opportunities for linking industry to decisionmakers
and end-users. New business investment in mobile Early Warning Systems wil l bring
technological development and reinvestment opportunities to Africa with potential job creation .
How and why I can make effective KE and impact more probable: The UK Africa Climate science
community have developed links with operational partners and end-users sporadically and largely independently of each other. Climate science needs to be focused and translated effectively between
user communities to maximise progress towards locally-driven adaptation and mitigation solutions. By
working at the science-policy interface and being immersed in the KE activities needed, I can bring my
skills and experience of KE and working in Africa (see Sections 9, 10) to bring our climate sceince
community together and focus research direction through dialogue with pol icy-makers and through
identifying their priorities. The scoping study and letters of support confirm the science community’s
Page 8 of 22
interest in doing this through the ACX activities I co-ordinate. Without this fellowship to create and
manage the ACX initiative, barriers will remain between climate scientists and policy-makers. Socioeconomic
impact will be more achievable through establishing a mechanism whereby dialogue
between NERC scientists at the forefront of their research and policy makers in government and
NGO’s will be made easier, less time-consuming and more effective. Lessons learned will be shared
widely through the Africa Climate Exchange portal and through discussion, reports of exchange case
studies and presentations.
Assumptions, risks and mitigation: There were a number of assumptions when the ACX plan was
formed. These were:
(1) Our climate expertise will match the stakeholders’ different needs .
(2) The ACX will make a tangible difference to the decision process for policy-makers and in
exchanging knowledge we will learn which questions are significant and relevant for future African
climate science research.
(3) The proposed activities are the best way to encourage interactions.
(4) Climate variability and change is a barrier to development that the policy-makers need to address.
The key risk is that the different stakeholders will not want to engage with the process. The Scoping
Study and the letters of support refute this. This mitigates the key risk and supports the first three
assumptions. I have been able to develop a set of preliminary research questions based on
stakeholder need that is congruent with the proposed activities and compatible with the expertise we
have at Reading. The third assumption is not one that I can resolve at the moment. I will continue to
assume that exchanging knowledge with policy-makers is the most effective tool to development but I
know that policy-makers have many other concerns with competing pressures eg. population growth,
urbanisation, poverty, globalisation of markets and land-use changes. The last assumption is wellfounded
given the passion of the participants at the Africa Adapt Symposium I have just come back
from - climate information and understanding it in the context of adaptation and climate compatible
development is paramount. I will continue to manage these assumptions and risks by maintaining
frequent one-to-one discussions to understand different stakeholder specific needs, to identify benefits
and rewards to all stakeholders and to match these carefully to the ACX objectives to maintain interest
and input. I will manage the project flexibly, using triage on underproductive avenues and developing
new productive ones.
How long it will take for the impact to be realised? The initial impact will be quick through the 1:1
meetings. The short term metrics for measuring impact are detailed in the time-bound work Plan
Sustained socio-economic impacts from facilitating conversation and these consortia collaboration
between climate scientists and government policy-makers and NGOs in Sudan and Senegal are likely
to continue after the lifetime of this fellowship. Other long-term measures of impact that could be
expected include: (1) Improved policy-relevant predictions in future IPCC Assessment Reports; (2)
Humanitarian/development policy-makers able to understand and respond rapidly to appropriate
information from the regional NMHS within Africa - compare with Red Cross example motivating the
project; (3) Reduced economic impact in Sudan or Senegal in the event of a climate-related shock due
to better informed policy-making. The timing of these impacts is unpredictable as it depends on the
timing of a climate-related shock, and the timescale for new policies to be developed and implemented
but we would expect to see impact within 5-10 years.
How will the ACX be sustained? The ACX will be sustainable through (i) the new relationships built
between stakeholders - a successful collaboration develops relationships that go beyond the life-time of
a project and which can be drawn on at some future point; (ii) “word of mouth” knowledge sharing; (iii)
Reading’s continued financial support for the ACX portal – populating the portal with continued casestudies
and connections will remain the the most effective way for NERC scientists to realize their
Impact Plan; and (iv) securing additional funding to extend the ACX framework of exchange and
consortia approach to other Sub-Saharan countries.(i) - (iii) are likely. (iv) will be investigated through
Task 4 - setting up meetings to discuss ongoing funding, in the following order, with :
1. UK government (DFID)
2. Corporate business/foundations eg. Rockefeller Foundation (UoR already has a Foundation grant
to support the Rockefeller Climate Change Units in East Africa); and Vodafone Foundation (who
are the prime player in the telecommunications sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Organisations
- University of Reading (Fellow, Lead Research Organisation)
- International Research Institute for Climate and Society (Collaboration)
- University of Yaoundé (Collaboration)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) (Collaboration)
- University of Dakar (Collaboration)
- Kenana Sugar Company (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF READING (Collaboration)
- Comic Relief (Collaboration)
- Humanitarian Futures Programme (Collaboration)
- Oxfam GB (Collaboration)
- Sudan Meteorological Authority (Collaboration)
- Government of the UK (Collaboration)
- Parliament of UK (Collaboration)
- WeatherSafe/Catapult Satellite (Collaboration)
- Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project (Collaboration)
- PRACTICAL ACTION (Collaboration)
- CHARMe (Collaboration)
- CHRISTIAN AID (Collaboration)
- University of Oklahoma (Collaboration)
- Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (Collaboration)
- THORPEX-Africa (Collaboration)
- National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) (Collaboration)
- Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND (Collaboration)
- United Nations (UN) (Collaboration)
- Poverty Action Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) (Collaboration)
- World Food Programme (Italy, Sudan, Senegal) (Collaboration)
- World Meteorological Organization (Collaboration)
- Price Waterhouse Cooper (Collaboration)
- Ghana Meteorological Agency (Collaboration)
- African Centre for Health and Societal Transformation (Collaboration)
- European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- FEWAS (Forecast Evaluation for Water and Agricultural sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa) (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Senegal Meteorological Service (Collaboration)
- British Geological Survey (Collaboration)
- Norwegian Refugee Council (Collaboration)
- Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology [POST] (Collaboration)
- National Centre for Earth Observation (Collaboration)
- Lorna Young Foundation (Collaboration)
- UN Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
Rosalind Cornforth (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Bonneville S
(2011)
Tree-mycorrhiza symbiosis accelerate mineral weathering: Evidences from nanometer-scale elemental fluxes at the hypha-mineral interface
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Boyd E
(2013)
Building resilience to face recurring environmental crisis in African Sahel
in Nature Climate Change
Boyd E
(2013)
Erratum: Building resilience to face recurring environmental crisis in African Sahel
in Nature Climate Change
Cornforth R
(2013)
West African Monsoon 2012
in Weather
Cornforth R
(2012)
Overview of the West African Monsoon 20111
in Weather
Cornforth R
(2019)
The First Forecasters' Handbook for West Africa
in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Cornforth R
(2017)
Meteorology of Tropical West Africa - The Forecasters' Handbook
Emily Boyd (Speaker)
(2012)
Weathering the Drought: Strategies for adaptation under extreme risk and uncertainty
Moser, Susanne C.; Boykoff, Maxwell T.
(2013)
Successful Adaptation to Climate Change: Linking Science and Policy in a Rapidly Changing World
Rosalind Cornforth (Author)
(2014)
Weathering the Drought: Resilience Strategies for Local Adaptation and Decision-Making under Extreme Risk and Uncertainty
Rosalind Cornforth (Author)
(2014)
Weathering the Drought: Anticipating instability and building capacity for rapid and appropriate responses
Rosalind Cornforth (Author)
(2014)
Planning for Uncertainty: Resilience strategies for local adaptation and decision-making under extreme risk and uncertainty
Rosalind Cornforth (Author)
(2013)
Science to support adaptation and decision-making under extreme risk and uncertainty
Rosalind Jane Cornforth (Author)
(2011)
Improving interactions for improving climate predictions
Rosalind Jane Cornforth (Author)
(2012)
Highlights of the West African Monsoon 2011
Rosalind Jane Cornforth (Author)
(2012)
The Africa Climate Exchange (AfClix): A Knowledge Exchange programme towards improving food security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Rosalind Jane Cornforth (Author)
(2012)
AfClix - Building Climate Resilient Agricultural Systems
Rosalind Jane Cornforth (Author)
(2011)
Improving interactions for improving weather-climate predictions
Rosalind Jane Cornforth (Author)
(2013)
Weathering drought in Africa
in Appropriate Technology
Rosalind Jane Cornforth (Co-Author)
(2012)
A Knowledge Exchange Programme Towards Improving Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Reflections of the first AfClix Visiting Scientist
Rosalind Jane Cornforth (Co-Author)
(2013)
Weathering the Drought: Strategies for Locally Appropriate Adaptation under Extreme Risk and Uncertainty
Rosalind Jane Cornforth (Speaker)
(2012)
Weathering the drought: Building resilience in the face of uncertainty
Description | Since the end of 2011, AfClix has been working on the ground in Sub-Saharan (SSA) countries to explore how NERC science can best inform climate-related policy for improving food security. Much of this initial phase has been focused on mapping existing institutional, socio-cultural, and economic mechanisms at local, national, and international levels to evaluate opportunities and bottlenecks along the climate information chain in each country. Learning what the priorities are of local decision-makers helps us create purposeful dialogue opportunities, developing crucial relationships and make connections between individuals and groups to establish effective interdisciplinary collaborations, focusing on the adaptations required to enable those approaches identified as effective, to support new dialogue contexts. Working together in an integrated network across a range of scientific disciplines, geographic regions and levels of humanitarian, development and policy decision making, ensures our science can be applied appropriately to anticipate and promote resilience (Boyd, Cornforth et al., 2013) to a range of potential future risks in the different countries. See also PLANET EARTH, Spring 2013. Without formal governance structures in Africa, the coupling of a boundary organization, AfClix, with the grass-roots expertise and actions of relevant institutions, agencies, and stakeholders, demonstrates an alternative way to bridge bottom-up and top-down strategy and informal-versus-formal institutions, to provide short-term and long-term action on climate change in ways that are really meaningful to peoples' lives. Such integrated networks (e.g. Rainwatch coupled with AfClix) are building resilience ("here and now" to help mitigate short- medium-term shocks), and enabling further engagement with on-going and recurrent crisis, to build adaptive capacity through improved communications and cutting-edge trans-disciplinary science. |
Exploitation Route | AfClix is making a significant difference at the science-policy interface. In only 1 year, the practical action-oriented research at the science-policy interface is leading to multiple examples of impacts at individual, community and institutional scales, and making significant in-roads towards influencing national government and international policy, public and private sector practice (e.g. UN Case Study). AfClix is making a difference because it helps to match ground-based needs with grass-roots solutions aimed at tackling climate vulnerability associated with uncertainty, and can demonstrate the benefits of weather and climate information to in-country and UK policy makers. Multiple interdisciplinary collaborations have been spawned through AfClix connecting individuals and groups and overcoming communication barriers -- 8 submitted proposals, with the first now fully funded in the recent NERC Standard Grant round. All collaborations are contributing towards the long-term aim to promote resilience in rural communities in SSA through locally relevant adaptation strategies informed by the latest climate science. An important example of the impact of such collaborations comes from Rainwatch in Niger. As a direct result of an alert by Rainwatch in September 2011, the President, Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture of Niger officials of the Niger government) sought help from the international community to tackle the grain deficit and possible famine that would result from the poor rainy season in West Africa in 2011. The early response by the NGOs in Niger in 2011 contrasted starkly to other countries suffering in the Sahel. The success of Rainwatch lies in personal long-term commitment by an individual (Prof Peter Lamb) to ensure the needs on the ground informed the project from the start and to contribute substantial efforts to build relationships and develop trust over a number of years. Rainwatch showed that effective links between climate science and policy decision-making could influence policy and action on the ground. Even in the absence of coherent national climate strategies, individuals with the appropriate tools and methodologies - such as Rainwatch - can establish effective links via a boundary organization like AfClix, across a range of disciplines, regions, and levels of decision-making, to communicate climate risk and uncertainty effectively for action-oriented results. The new integrated Rainwatch-AfClix Drought Early Warning System framework is now being tested to support both rural and urban communities in conflict regions in Sudan. The continuing success of AfClix in giving climate science a voice to support pan-African, regional and national DRR and climate adaptation frameworks and policy making, depends on its ability to achieve strong engagement and buy-in from across the relevant sectors, as well as from researchers. Researchers, practitioners and policy makers need to be engaged at the outset in identifying projects and technologies which best align with their priorities and user needs. Building on and facilitating new engagement involves a range of in-country activities which are supported by significant long-term investment in cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary partnerships, where impact is assured for both producers and users of weather and climate information. The science embedded within these partnerships collaborations include: (1) scientific tools to increase understanding of climate change and to help coordinate an effective response to its impacts e.g. land-surface modeling of climate change impacts on sugar cane yield in Sudan; (2) development of early warning systems e.g. GIS near real-time monitoring of rainfall and locally relevant parameters (e.g. Rainwatch) coupled with regional monitoring (TAMSAT); (3) development of the research basis for subseasonal-seasonal-interannual weather and climate prediction, with an orientation towards the approach that will be needed at the national, regional, and multi- national levels to achieve the desired goals and sustain climate services initiatives. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Education Environment Government Democracy and Justice |
URL | http://www.afclix.org/ |
Description | The focus of the last six months has been on enabling collaboration and on providing a "seamless set of support and funding options" going forwards beyond the lifetime of this KE Fellowship. The continuing success of AfClix in giving climate science a voice to support pan-African, regional and national DRR and climate adaptation frameworks and policy making, depends on its ability to achieve strong engagement and buy-in from across the relevant sectors, as well as from researchers. Researchers, practitioners and policy makers need to be engaged at the outset in identifying projects and technologies which best align with their priorities and user needs. Lessons learned over the last 4 years means that building on and facilitating new engagement will involve a range of activities based on how the programme has been used thus far. They are broadly grouped under the following five general categories: • Technical proof-of-concept pilot studies that demonstrate that the latest climate science coupled with two-way multi-stakeholder dialogue and innovative communication platforms arising can be effective in a real world setting. • Work to develop the science and its application through tools designed to deliver a tangible benefit to protecting people's lives and livelihoods in the Sahel - identifying potential users and geographical locations, conducting intensive interactions on the ground in Africa to identify research opportunities and problems and harness scientific knowledge and expertise to solve them, testing "knowledge-based tools" and delivering evidence - "science pull" rather than "science push" approach. • Strategic planning and funding applications to deliver funding to projects that align with AfClix strategic priorities - developing a "business case", proactive engagement in project management, working alongside ground-based institutions. • Improving links between NERC-funded researchers and Africa research organisations humanitarian and development practitioners and decision makers and government policy makers - through exchange of staff; sharing of resources and expertise. • Creating the right infrastructure by knowledge sharing across decision-making bodies in an appropriate governance structure that facilitates two-way information flows between national-sub-national-district-community levels - vital for an informed decision-making process at different levels and giving science a voice to support international, regional and national DRR frameworks and policy making. These activities will be supported by investing in the types of partnerships exemplified in the preceding Section: • Seeding Partnerships to facilitate early-stage/funded projects to progress to a stage where there is sufficient evidence to make the project results and outcomes attractive to follow-on developers/investors. • Knowledge Innovation Partnerships to stimulate the creation of new innovative climate risk management products • Strategic Knowledge Sharing Partnerships to ensure in-country partners are more proactively engaged in project management, and working alongside the relevant institutions. Closely aligned with business case and upscaling activities • Supportive Partnerships that contribute directly to building scientific capacity in-country. |
First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | AFClix - UK Climate Services Booklet |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/447737/Climate_services_bo... |
Description | AfClix - Advisory to British Ambassador in Senegal |
Geographic Reach | Africa |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
URL | http://www.leral.net/John-MARSHALL-ambassadeur-de-Grande-Bretagne-au-Senegal-Nous-sommes-interesses-... |
Description | AfClix@ Walker Institute - UNISDR Science and Technology - Conference Conference Organising Partners |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | http://www.preventionweb.net/files/45270_unisdrsciencetechnologyconferenceor.pdf |
Description | Contribution of text to Chair, APPG Global Health, Sir Nigel Crisp |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Description | Member of Interagency Resilience Group |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
URL | http://community.eldis.org/resiliencewg/ |
Description | Member of UNEP International Steering Committee for CLIMWARN |
Geographic Reach | Africa |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | http://unepdewaags.unep.org/climwarn/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Regional-Meeting-Report_Ghana.pdf |
Description | ELHRA Partnership Workshop |
Amount | £2,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | ELRHA |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2013 |
Description | ELHRA Partnership Workshop |
Amount | £2,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | ELRHA |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2013 |
Description | NERC KE Fellowship - Facilitating Science to Policy, a Knowledge Exchange Platform for Climate-Informed Health Policy in East and West Africa |
Amount | £127,102 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/R003785/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Department | NERC Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2017 |
End | 10/2019 |
Description | Walker Institute Development Fund |
Amount | £2,700 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2014 |
Description | Walker Institute Development Fund |
Amount | £2,700 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2014 |
Description | AfClix - APPG Global Health |
Organisation | Parliament of UK |
Department | All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Reviews of documents Participation in meetings |
Collaborator Contribution | Connections to African health partners in-country Citation of work in books e.g. for Sir Nigel Crisps, in prep [Chapter 7 - Health, food and the physical environment] - mentions AfClix and HyCRISTAL |
Impact | Direct reference to the HyCRISTAL project in Chapter 7 of Lord Crisp's new book (in press) Three slides mentioning our joint collaboration by Lord Crisp at the December Global Health Event! Three proposals submitted involving ACHEST, an African health think-tank that I was introduced to by Lord Crisp |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | AfClix - African Centre for Health and Societal Transformation |
Organisation | African Centre for Health and Societal Transformation |
Country | Uganda |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Alignment of submitted and future proposals with ACHEST objectives |
Collaborator Contribution | Active participation in events in region Review and contributions to proposals in preparation |
Impact | Inclusion of ACHEST as Co-I or partner on several submitted research grants |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | AfClix - Norwegian Refugee Council |
Organisation | Norwegian Refugee Council |
Country | Norway |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Introduction to new members for the Norwegian Roster of Experts working on climate services One African colleague now working with them under the WMO GFCS programme |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborating partner on new proposals Joint session at the UNFCCC COP21 meeting in Paris |
Impact | Connections made with other Walker Institute researchers around migration issues Adaptive Social Protection proposal submitted to DfID New collaboration with the UNIDMC through the NRC |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | AfClix - UN Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre |
Organisation | UN Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Technical development support towards a new climate services tool linking science-polic-practice |
Collaborator Contribution | Technical development support towards a new climate services tool linking science-polic-practice |
Impact | proposal development to develop a new climate services tool linking science-polic-practice |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | AfClix - University of Dakar |
Organisation | University of Dakar |
Country | Senegal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Research proposals Student exchanges Joint workshops Joint seminars |
Collaborator Contribution | Venue for seminars Intellectual input to proposals Hosting PhD students Facilitating research activities Coordinating logistics for meetings |
Impact | Joint MSc project Introductions to Senegal ministers and particularly those involved in the National Climate Change Committee for Senegal |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Cameroon Partnership 1 |
Organisation | University of Yaoundé |
Country | Cameroon |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bilateral/multilateral partnership |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Ghana Partnership 1 |
Organisation | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) |
Country | Ghana |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Ghana Partnership 2 |
Organisation | Ghana Meteorological Agency |
Country | Ghana |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Ghana Partnership 2 |
Organisation | Poverty Action Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) |
Country | Ghana |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Ghana Partnership 2 |
Organisation | Poverty Action Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) |
Country | Ghana |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 1 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Soil Research Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 1 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Soil Research Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 1 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Soil Research Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 2 |
Organisation | National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 2 |
Organisation | National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 2 |
Organisation | National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 3 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Department of Meteorology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 3 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Department of Meteorology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 3 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Department of Meteorology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 4 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Department of Economics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 4 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Department of Economics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 4 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Department of Economics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 5 |
Organisation | National Centre for Earth Observation |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 5 |
Organisation | National Centre for Earth Observation |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 5 |
Organisation | National Centre for Earth Observation |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 6 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 6 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Home Institute Partnership 6 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations with other departments/researchers at the University of Reading |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 1 |
Organisation | THORPEX-Africa |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | International Partnership 1 |
Organisation | World Meteorological Organization |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | International Partnership 2 |
Organisation | World Food Programme (Italy, Sudan, Senegal) |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | International Partnership 2 |
Organisation | World Food Programme (Italy, Sudan, Senegal) |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | International Partnership 2 |
Organisation | World Food Programme (Italy, Sudan, Senegal) |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | International Partnership 3 |
Organisation | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 3 |
Organisation | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 3 |
Organisation | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 4 |
Organisation | Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project |
Department | Hydroclimate Project for Lake Victoria Basin (HyVic) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | International Partnership 4 |
Organisation | Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project |
Department | Hydroclimate Project for Lake Victoria Basin (HyVic) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | International Partnership 4 |
Organisation | Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project |
Department | Hydroclimate Project for Lake Victoria Basin (HyVic) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | International Partnership 5 |
Organisation | CHARMe |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 5 |
Organisation | CHARMe |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 5 |
Organisation | CHARMe |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 6 |
Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
Department | United Nations Environment Programme |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Multi-lateral partnership |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 6 |
Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
Department | United Nations Environment Programme |
Country | Kenya |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Multi-lateral partnership |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 7 |
Organisation | Christian Aid |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral and multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Partnership 7 |
Organisation | Christian Aid |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral and multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International Partnership 8 |
Organisation | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral and multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | International Partnership 8 |
Organisation | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral and multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Senegal Partnership 1 |
Organisation | Senegal Meteorological Service |
Country | Senegal |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Senegal Partnership 2 |
Organisation | University of Dakar |
Country | Senegal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Senegal Partnership 2 |
Organisation | University of Dakar |
Country | Senegal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Senegal Partnership 2 |
Organisation | University of Dakar |
Country | Senegal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Sub-Saharan Africa Partnership 1 |
Organisation | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bilatera/multilateral partnership |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Sudan Partnership 1 |
Organisation | Sudan Meteorological Authority |
Country | Sudan |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral/multi-lateral partnership |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Sudan Partnership 2 |
Organisation | Sudan Meteorological Authority |
Country | Sudan |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bilateral/multilateral partnership |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Sudan Partnership 3 |
Organisation | Kenana Sugar Company |
Country | Sudan |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Blateral/multilateral partnership |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Sudan Partnership 4 |
Organisation | Practical Action |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bilateral/multilateral partnership |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 1 |
Organisation | British Geological Survey |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bilateral/multilateral partnership |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 10 |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Department | Tropical Applications of Meteorology using SATellite TAMSAT |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 11 |
Organisation | Public Health England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 11 |
Organisation | Public Health England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 11 |
Organisation | Public Health England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 12 |
Organisation | Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology [POST] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | UK Partnership 12 |
Organisation | Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology [POST] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | UK Partnership 12 |
Organisation | Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology [POST] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | UK Partnership 13 |
Organisation | Government of the UK |
Department | Department for International Development (DfID) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 13 |
Organisation | Government of the UK |
Department | Department for International Development (DfID) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 13 |
Organisation | Government of the UK |
Department | Department for International Development (DfID) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 14 |
Organisation | WeatherSafe/Catapult Satellite |
Country | Uganda |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | UK Partnership 14 |
Organisation | WeatherSafe/Catapult Satellite |
Country | Uganda |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | UK Partnership 14 |
Organisation | WeatherSafe/Catapult Satellite |
Country | Uganda |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | UK Partnership 15 |
Organisation | Comic Relief |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 15 |
Organisation | Comic Relief |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 15 |
Organisation | FEWAS (Forecast Evaluation for Water and Agricultural sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 15 |
Organisation | FEWAS (Forecast Evaluation for Water and Agricultural sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 15 |
Organisation | FEWAS (Forecast Evaluation for Water and Agricultural sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Participation in networks, consortia or other initiatives |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 16 |
Organisation | Price Waterhouse Cooper |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral partnership |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | UK Partnership 16 |
Organisation | Price Waterhouse Cooper |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral partnership |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | UK Partnership 17 |
Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral partnership |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | UK Partnership 17 |
Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral partnership |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | UK Partnership 2 |
Organisation | Humanitarian Futures Programme |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Humanitarian Futures Programme |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | UK Partnership 3 |
Organisation | Oxfam GB |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Multilateral collaboration |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 5 |
Organisation | Humanitarian Futures Programme |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 6 |
Organisation | Oxfam GB |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 7 |
Organisation | Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 8 |
Organisation | Lorna Young Foundation |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | UK Partnership 9 |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Centre for the Environment |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | US Partnership 1 |
Organisation | University of Oklahoma |
Department | Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Bilateral/multilateral partnership |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | US Partnership 2 |
Organisation | International Research Institute for Climate and Society |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | US Partnership 3 |
Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | US Partnership 3 |
Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | US Partnership 3 |
Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral or multi-lateral partnerships |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | US Partnership 4 |
Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Department | Global Young Astronaut Program (GYAP) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral partnership |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | US Partnership 4 |
Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Department | Global Young Astronaut Program (GYAP) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Bi-lateral partnership |
Start Year | 2013 |
Title | Game for brokering dialogue around complex climate issues |
Description | The CAULDRON (Climate Attribution Under Loss and Damage: Risking, Observing, Negotiating) Game Suarez, P, Parker, HR, Cornforth, RJ, Otto, FEL, James, R and Boyd, E. (2014). Open access material published under a Creative Commons License |
IP Reference | |
Protection | Copyrighted (e.g. software) |
Year Protection Granted | 2014 |
Licensed | Yes |
Impact | Creative Commons approved Stakeholders from Africa and Europe have requested copies of the game for game play and then fed back comments for potential improvements Game has been developed - v3 now available Oxfam blogs drew attention to it: https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/are-serious-games-a-better-way-to-prepare-for-climate-change-than-scenario-planning/ Also at CC Expo: http://www.climate-services.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ToolsExpo_circular_FINAL.pdf Games used most recently to enhance understanding of attribution of extreme weather events and application to Loss and Damage negotiations for the Senegal National Climate Change Committee |
Description | AfCLIX COP21 Session |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Formal session hosted by AfClix@Walker and the Met Office Hadley Centre Entitled "Climate science update: from carbon budgets to strategies for climate resilience" Gave a 20 minute speech about action research/learning from AfClix and chaired session Substantial networking developed Researchers at Walker contacted subsequently including social scientists (e.g. issues of migration under climate change) and natural scientists (e.g. IPCC-related research in the Met department) WFP new partnership resulted (https://www.wfp.org/climate-change/climate-policy/cop-21/cop21-un-side-events) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.walker-institute.ac.uk/COP21_Paris/side_event.htm |
Description | AfClix - Royal Met Society Seminar, Climate Services in Developing Countries |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | This meeting aims to present what the main barriers to provision of climate services are and practical approaches and examples of how they can be developed and incorporated into decision making. Speakersincluded representatives from donors, non-governmental organisations, academia and the Met Office. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.rmets.org/events/climate-services-developing-countries |
Description | AfClix AMS 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Organised a symposium at the American Meteorological Society 2016 AGM in honour of Prof Peter Lamb, eminent tropical meteorologist. Session was entitled "Peter J. Lamb Symposium--Helping Africa to Help Itself" Chaired a session and presented a paper about our continuing work in the African Sahel developing and implementing the drought early warning system, Rainwatch, that Peter initiated. Paper was entitled "Building Climate Resilient Society in the Sahel: The Rainwatch-AfClix Experience" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://ams.confex.com/ams/96Annual/webprogram/Paper290812.html |
Description | AfClix Partnership Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ELHRA funded Partnership Workshop to develop a more 'complete' Early Warning System integrating climate information, information on adaptive good practice and information on markets with ACTS, Kenya and Practical Action |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Invited Speaker and Panelist at DfID Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Invited Speaker and Panelist on 'Davos-style' panel session at DfID/ODI FCFA London workshop. 10 minutes talk to highlight 'key gaps in climate science for climate resilient development in Sub-Saharan Africa'. Other panellists - Yvan Biot, Rob Wilby, Declan Conway, Richard Taylor. Two journalists from the Climate New Network (Alex Kirby and Kieran Cooke) moderated the session 2-day international workshop on advancing the scientific understanding of sub-Saharan African climate on decadal timescales and its use in informing long-term climate-resilient development strategies. A multidisciplinary group of scientists, users & inte |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Invited Speaker at DfID-UNEP Sudan Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 3-day workshop to discuss strategies for early warning in a conflict zone. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://www.reading.ac.uk/15/research/Impact/res-impactafclixsudan.aspx |
Description | Invited Speaker at Practical Action event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited Speaker at Practical Action event hosted on "Seeking Sustainable Impact at Scale: Systemic Approaches to Development". Delivered a 15 min talk (no slides) in one of the afternoon workshops. Practical Action & UKCDS (Andree Carter) also presented in the same session. The workshop asked the question 'What is the role of international and local research institutions in promoting innovation systems among diverse stakeholders that reduce poverty? and I responded to the question from the perspective of AfClix and an academic institution (January 2014) The workshop asked the question 'What is the role of international and local research institutions in promoting innovation systems among diverse stakeholders that reduce poverty? My presentation responded to this from the perspective of AfClix/acdemia.Eve |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Invited WG Lead and Facilitator at UNEP Regional Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Communications WG Lead and Facilitator at UNEP CLIM-WARN 1st Regional Meeting in Akosombo, Ghana (February 2014) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.unep.org/science/chief-scientist/Activities/DisastersandConflicts/EarlyWarningSystemsforE... |
Description | Learning Platform for Rainwatch Alliance |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Transfer of ownership. Set up of MoUs with each Met Service. Discussions with GFCS Regional Coordinator encouraged early engagement with GFCS National Action Plans and Met Services extending National Action Plans to nominate Rainwatch platform as a "GFCS tool of choice" for participating met services. POsitive policy influence. Chad Met Service made comment "Come on Rainwatch Alliance, this is our African platform, what shall we do next?" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |