The year 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (ICPD-POA). Kenya, through the National Council for Population and Development (NCPD), has been implementing various population policies and programs for over 40 years.
The University of Nairobi, through the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA), is at the forefront of research aimed at addressing water security challenges in Africa. Led by Prof. Daniel Olago, ICCA is collaborating with the University of Oxford's REACH program to develop sustainable water management solutions for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
We are offering 2 PhD and 2 Postdoc positions with a focus on climate change attribution, vulnerability, and health commencing on the 1st of February 2025.
Project description
The African Climate and Environment Center – Future African Savannas (AFAS) Annual Stakeholder Workshop, held on November 18, 2024, in Nairobi, convened a diverse range of participants from academia, policy, industry, and civil society. With the theme "Transferring Science into Practice," the event emphasized the urgent need to convert research into actionable strategies for climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in Africa's savanna ecosystems.
The REACH Programme, a collaborative effort between the University of Nairobi and the University of Oxford, has played a critical role in tackling water insecurity in Kenya's drylands, particularly in Turkana County. This initiative, spearheaded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, aims to enhance water security for over 10 million people in Africa and Asia by delivering world-class science that transforms policy and practice.
Name: Prof. Robert Marchant, University of York
Background: Water ESSENCE - creating synergy to meet the global challenges is a NORHED project funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). The aim of the program is to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) to educate more and better-qualified candidates and to increase the quality and quantity of research conducted by the countries' own researchers.
On Wednesday 5th June, 2024, Siâna, Nyokabi, Michele and Maya attended Kenya's first Joint Scientific Conference. It was an important day as we were also commemorating World Environment Day.
The girls attended a lecture by a leading geologist, Prof. Daniel Olago who taught that Kenya's biodiversity is very important for the economic success of Kenya. They also learnt that some lakes in modern Kenya were formed over 780,000 years ago and that some lakes will eventually disappear due to climate change and normal tectonic activity!
Is Africa just a continent that suffers? Does Africa only wait for international aid? Does a policy on Climate Change exist in African countries? What is the current state of African science in Climate Change?… These are just some of the questions you may ask yourselves and of which you will be able to find out some answers during our school!
The National Land Commission in conjunction with National Research Fund (NRF), Ministry of Lands, Technical University of Kenya (TUK) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) invites researchers, policy makers, practitioners, private sector players, civil societies, and other stakeholders to submit papers to be presented during the 3rd Regional Research Conference to be held on 12th to 13th June, 2024 in Nairobi.
