Namibia

Webinar: Harnessing the potential of smart microgrid systems in African countries

Past event / The webinar is an overview of smart microgrids, technologies, business models and enabling policy environment for efficient energy systems in Africa.

Climate adaptation funds are not reaching frontline communities: what needs to be done about it

Perspective / Katherine Browne explains the barriers found in Madagascar and Mauritius, and insights on how to improve financing of climate adaptation projects.

To tackle climate change, we need less talk about climate finance and more action on project finance

Perspective / The international community must pay serious attention and spend political capital on the mechanisms through which finance translates into actual projects.

Exploring the benefits and dis-benefits of climate migration as an adaptive strategy along the rural-peri-urban continuum in Namibia

Journal article / Researchers investigated migration in Namibia, with findings indicating that climate hazards could be driving people from rural to to peri-urban areas.

Equity in Adaptation Finance

Project / The project investigates procedural and distributive equity in decentralised adaptation finance under the Green Climate Fund’s EDA programme

Dryland nature based solutions for informal settlement upgrading schemes in Africa

Other publication / This policy brief shares ten practical recommendations for urban policy makers, planners, designers and local authorities in dryland areas in Africa.

Global assessment shows need to support “bottom-up” adaptation

Perspective / A recent global assessment finds current climate adaptation insufficient. We need to scale up financial support and shift to small-scale locally driven models.

Socially inclusive urban policy making for climate resilient dryland Africa

Other publication / This policy brief shares ten practical recommendations for urban policy makers in dryland Africa to use when planning, developing and implementing policies.

Co-producing climate information for Windhoek decision making

Other publication / This working paper provides an overview of a proect to co-produce, communicate and share climate information for better climate adaptation in Windhoek, Namibia.