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…
FRACTAL-PLUS
Participatory climate information distillation for urban flood resilience in Lusaka Building on the success of…
FCFA launches online WASH resource
FCFA recently developed and launched a portal that helps to provide insights into the links…
A new podcast series highlights FRACTAL’s work
The first episode in a new podcast series entitled STARTcast, was launched on Friday. It…
FRACTAL mega lab held online
A FRACTAL mega lab was held virtually from 13-14th April. The mega lab brought delegates…
New book published on Climate Risk in Africa
A recently published, open access book, Climate Risk in Africa, unpacks the challenges of decision-making…
Climate risk narratives help integrate climate information into decision-making
A new paper on the development and role of climate risk narratives (CRNs) in FRACTAL…
Exploring resilient urban water security in Lusaka
Using Lusaka as a case study, FRACTAL researchers Rebecca Ilunga and James Cullis, both civil…
An inclusive, reflexive learning approach
Over the course of the FRACTAL project, numerous engagements have been held. Recognising the complexity…
FRACTAL begins virtual learning engagements
In October 2019, as FRACTAL researchers and stakeholders from across the southern African region began…
Embedded Researchers provide a missing link
https://vimeo.com/338522830 FRACTAL has used a novel Embedded Researcher approach as a way to link researchers…
Impact Stories highlight FRACTAL’s learnings
A series of Impact Stories has been developed by the FRACTAL team that aims to…
FRACTAL researchers explore climate processes in southern Africa
Three recently published papers, authored by FRACTAL researchers, explore different elements of climate science in…
Harare, Windhoek, Lusaka and Durban share lessons and transferable practices for increasing city resilience planning
A recently published paper in PLoS One argues that GEC funded city to city learning…
Spotlight on FRACTAL’s approach to building climate resilience
One of FRACTAL’s central aims has been to develop climate resilience and improved decision-making around…
Collaborative learning labs help towards mainstreaming the climate change agenda in Windhoek
FRACTAL has implemented a learning lab approach since the start of the project in 2014.…
Helping to unpack climatic uncertainties for decision-makers
The available climate science and the models that are used by scientists to predict how…
Exploring the power of collaboration to address climate change in urban Africa
Events in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, underscore the links between urban growth, climate…
Connecting cities with national level actors through Talanoa Dialogues
When representatives from across the world meet at COP24 in Poland next month their discussions…
The Story of Water: Windhoek
At all three of the FRACTAL Learning Labs held in Windhoek, Namibia, over the past…