PALM-TREEs

2023-2026

PALM-TREEs [Pan-African and Transdisciplinary Lens in the Margins: Tackling the Risks of Extreme Events] is an ambitious project of the CLARE programme, a UK-Canada research framework programme on climate change adaptation and resilience mainly funded by UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office alongside International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

With a transdisciplinary and Pan-African approach, the project aims to equip marginalized communities to better respond to extreme climatic events in Africa such as droughts, floods and heat waves, as well as to their interconnected and cascading socio-economic impacts.

Future of livestock production in Africa

2023-2024

Increased livestock production is needed to meet rising nutrition demands in Africa, but climate change – which is projected to increase drought and heat stress, would decrease the quality and quantity of livestock feed, meat, and milk. A team led by Prof. Babatunde Abiodun, from the University of Cape Town, will examine how SRM might affect the future of rangeland and livestock production on the continent, and help African policymakers more effectively engage in the debate around whether SRM could be an option to reduce the risks posed by global warming to food security. In addition, the project would develop general expertise in rangeland and livestock modelling, fostering greater understanding of the options that lie ahead.