Supporting climate-resilient urban planning: 10 lessons from cities in southern Africa
This brief presents key insights about ways to integrate climate information into climate change-related adaptation…
Author Alice McClure
People centred climate solutions in Lusaka
Dr Gilbert Siame has first hand experience of flooding in Lusaka – flooding that has…
Researchers discuss finding local solutions to climate change
In June, FRACTAL researchers Gina Ziervogel (ACDI) and Alice McClure (CSAG) published an article in…
Growing climate knowledge through narratives of the future
There’s a lot of effort focused on trying to close the gap between climate science…
Principles for Transformational Leadership on Climate Change
At a recent, FRACTAL-led training session in Windhoek select decision-makers and Councillors co-produced a set…
FRACTAL at the ACC seminar series on cities and climate change
During the African Centre for Cities (ACC) seminar series on cities and climate change, Chris…
Learning Lab 4, Lusaka – a newcomer’s perspective
By Max Leighton (Social Research Assistant for Professor Ted Shepherd, Department of Meteorology, University of…
Transformational Leadership on Climate Change Training for Windhoek Decision Makers
“Windhoek Transformational Leadership on Climate Change training” on 18th-19th April 2018 at the Roof of Africa…
Building bridges: FRACTAL Embedded Researchers share their experiences
Embedded Researchers (ERs) play a key role in the FRACTAL project. They are helping to…
Cities and Climate: What’s our next step?
“If the answer to climate change in cities is about a better understanding of policy,…
Learning Labs in Lusaka, Maputo and Windhoek highlight water insecurity as burning issue
The issue of water supply and insecurity in light of the changing climate in Southern…
A view from the inside and the outside: embedded research for Maputo
By: Hecralito Mucavele (Maputo embedded researcher) Many of the municipalities in Mozambique are expected to…
‘”Trust me, I’m an expert”: weighing expert opinion in a transdisciplinary space
By: Jessica Lee (Cape Town embedded researcher) “Oh dear, they are probably going to tear…
Cities, climate change and policies: A new and exciting road ahead
By: Kornelia Lipinge (Embedded Researcher in Windhoek) I was going through my daily routine I…
“I am who I am because of what we are” – building trust in our Transdisciplinary projects (plus some reflections on my trip to the Barcelona Training School)
By: Lulu van Rooyen (Durban embedded researcher) I returned from the Barcelona Training School on…
Getting the President’s ear: Strengthening drought early warning in Botswana
Blog by: Gina Ziervogel (CSAG/ACDI) I spent the week in Gaborone with Kulthoum, my PhD…
Telling stories: A multi-disciplinary co-production device
Dianne Scott and Chris Jack (co-authored) What are narratives? Narratives are really just an academic…
Reflecting on the first city dialogue: Lusaka water resources and climate change
Blog by: Brenda Mwalukanga (FRACTAL embedded researcher in Lusaka) I must admit it has taken…
Solving problems with a positive attitude: learning from the engagement of stakeholders in the water and energy sectors in the city of Harare
Blog by: Rudo Mamombe (Harare Embedded Researcher within the GEC African Grants project) The Future…
Culturing (some form of) a growth mindset for learning in FRACTAL
Blog by: Alice McClure (CSAG), FRACTAL co-ordinator I’m wary of fads or help-yourself-models that promise…