Course: Climate Adaptation in Africa
Modules:
Welcome to the course, Africa's Human Development Challenge, In conversation with Irene Kunamwene: A Namibian case study, How Climate Risks Impact on Development, The Adaptation Deficit, Adaptation, Resilience, Maladaptation and Vulnerability, What is Adaptation?, Resilience and Maladaptation, Unpacking Vulnerability, In conversation with Irene Kunamwene: Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities, In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Climate Vulnerability, Possible Global Scale Changes in Climate, Local Scale Climate Change in Africa, Local Scale Climate Change Scenarios, In conversation with Irene Kunamwene: Adaptive capacity in Namibian households
Water Shortages as an Adaptation Challenge, Blue, Green, Grey Water, Water Security, Water Scarcity and the Adaptation Deficit, Climate Changes in Water Scarcity, Impacts of Climate Change on Water Security, Including Climate in Water Resource Planning, Soft Adaptation - Working with Nature, Hard Adaptation - Small Scale Options, Hard Adaptation for Large Water Ecosystems, Demand Management, Lesotho: Water and Social Justice - George Barrett, In conversation with Kevin Winter: Water-sensitive cities, Week 2 Summary
Food Security in Africa, Ways that Climate Impacts on Agricultural Yields, Possible Impacts on Agriculture in Africa, Adaptation by Closing Yield Gaps in Africa, Conservation Agriculture, Seed Improvement, Bringing Adaptation into Farm Extension Services, Irrigation for Increased Food Production, Financial Resources for farm adaptation, Long Term Adaptation in Agriculture, Mauritius: Climate-Smart Agriculture - Sunita Facknath, Namibia: Livestock Farmers and Climate Adaptations - Simon Angombe, In conversation with Admire Nyamwanza: Zimbabwe rural farmers, Week 3 Summary
Introduction to Ecosytems, Ecosystem Services, Vulnerability of Ecosystems to Climate, Vulnerability of Ecosystems to Non-Climatic Drivers, Recent Changes in African Ecosystems, Future Impacts on Ecosytems, Natural Adaptation of Ecosystems to climate change, Human assisted adaptation of ecosystems - Part 1, Human assisted adaptation of ecosystems - Part 2, Tanzania: Forest Ecosystems Adaptation Strategies - Pantaleo Munishi, In conversation with George Sekonya: Mopane worms resources
Cities as Locations of Concentrated Climate Risk, Vulnerability of cities - exposure, Vulnerability of cities - sensitivity, Vulnerability of cities - adaptive capacity, Urban adaptation - planning and spatial development, Urban adaptation - policy and regulation, Urban adaptation - community engagement and insurance, Urban adaptation - houses, Urban adaptation - roads, Maputo: Extreme weather and responses Associate - Alberto Mavume, In Conversation with Anna Taylor: City of Cape Town, In conversation with Anton Cartwright: City of Durban, Week 5 summary
Adaptation Planning and Implementation: Five Key Steps, Navigating climate change uncertainty - part 1, Navigating climate change uncertainty - part 2, Identifying Adaptation Options, Choosing Adaptation Options, Implementing Strategy - Part 1, Implementing Strategy - Part 2, South Sudan: Conflict and Climate Change Impacts - Pios Ncube, In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Governance and Adaptive Governance, In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Governance in Action, In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Adaptation Planning, Week 6 Conclusion