FRACTAL mega lab held online
A FRACTAL mega lab was held virtually from 13-14th April. The mega lab brought delegates…
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Impact Stories highlight FRACTAL’s learnings
A series of Impact Stories has been developed by the FRACTAL team that aims to…
Helping to unpack climatic uncertainties for decision-makers
The available climate science and the models that are used by scientists to predict how…
Co-producing solutions
FRACTAL’s work in nine southern African cities was recently highlighted in an article in Nature’s…
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…
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…
Windhoek City engages in National Adaptation Planning Process
In Namibia, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) is the facilitating institute for the…
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…
Cities and Climate: What’s our next step?
“If the answer to climate change in cities is about a better understanding of policy,…
UNAM and City of Windhoek run joint workshop for Windhoek Councillors
FRACTAL hosted a “Climate change and decision-making awareness workshop for Windhoek Councillors” on 17th July…
Lusaka-Windhoek Exchange: abundance of water resources against deficit water
The cities of Lusaka and Windhoek have recently completed the activities of the Windhoek-Lusaka Learning…
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…
‘”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…
“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…
Telling stories: A multi-disciplinary co-production device
Dianne Scott and Chris Jack (co-authored) What are narratives? Narratives are really just an academic…
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…
Linking science to urban decision-making
Anna Taylor and Mònica Coll Besa, co-authored a blog post for SEI recently on FRACTAL’s…