The University of Ghana’s Regional Institute for Population Studies will host the Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa July 1-4, 2012 in Accra, Ghana. The conference theme is “At the crossroads: Climate change, population, and Africa’s...
How can design address the complex challenges facing a growing number of urban poor around the world and help to build healthier cities? This question was addressed in the Design with the Other 90%: Cities exhibit, which ran from October 2011 to...
IDRC’s Climate Change and Water (CCW) program staff and partners participated in the 14th World Water Congress in Porto de Galinhas, Brazil, from September 25 to 29, 2011. Among several activities coordinated by IDRC, two sessions particularly...
Adaptation to climate change will once again be a significant issue under discussion at the Seventeenth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 17). This year’s conference takes place from November 28...
Global experts in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and water management recently attended an IDRC-supported workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa. Their goal? To tap the enormous potential of ICTs to support climate change...
African climate adaptation scientists came together in Accra, Ghana, at the inaugural workshop of the African Adaptation Research Centres (AARC) initiative, held June 18-21, 2011. The AARC initiative aims to build the capacity of African...