African Climate and Environment Centre - Future African Savannas (AFAS) kicks off

Photo by Isimemen Osemwegie

February 4, 2022 | 11:00 h - 14:00 h

The African Climate and Environment Centre - Future African Savannas (AFAS) is one out of eight Global Centers selected and launched by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in April 2021. See more information on our website here.

The ZEF-led AFAS Center will focus on Improved livelihoods through nature-based solutions - Linking Science, Policy, and Practice and will be carried out in partnership with the African Center of Excellence on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CEA-CCBAD), Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA), University of Nairobi, Kenya; and the Global South Studies Center of University of Cologne, Germany. Doctoral students and postdocs will also be integrated into the program, in close cooperation with the DFG-funded SFB Bonn-Cologne Collaborative Research Center (CRC) Future Rural Africa, among others.

The virtual kick-off workshop will be held with Zoom and is open to all those interested in our work and program. Registration is required.

You can download the full program here. 

You can register directly here.