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Led by Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town, and focusing improving climate resilience in 8 cities in South and southern Africa. One focus of the Met Office work will be to apply, and to enhance when necessary, information on, and an understanding of the processes driving, African climate variability and change in order to provide targeted information on local and regional climate on the 5-40 year timescale relevant to the cities and regions the project will engage with. A second focus will be to work closely with project staff both in the target cities and from the other collaborating institutes to engage in the iterative, transdisciplinary co-exploration\/co-production activities which will define the problem areas, the various research questions and the inputs into decision-making to improve the resilience of the cities and regions to climate change over the medium term.<\/p>\n

The Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) project has been operating in Windhoek (and 8 other cities) since 2015. The focus has been on engaging many diverse people to think through and co-generate knowledge on what decisions facing Windhoek are climate-sensitive, how the climate affecting Windhoek is changing, who has what power to act in reducing climate risks, and what is needed to put Windhoek on a more climate-resilient development pathway. Three ‘Learning Labs’ took place, focussing on decision-making exercises<\/p>\n

Workshop sessions on ‘climate science essentials’, ‘interpreting graphs’, ‘climate change indices and terminology’, and ‘sources of climate data’<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
BIP-M Alignment:<\/strong><\/td>\nClimate Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Learning Aims<\/strong><\/td>\nNot stated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Target Audience<\/strong><\/td>\nIntermediary (Informed, non-technical)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Continent<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3 \u2013 5 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delivery method<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lectures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Format (primary)<\/strong><\/td>\nLectures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IPR Owner<\/strong><\/td>\nMet Office \/ FRACTAL project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Course status<\/strong><\/td>\nDormant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact email:<\/strong><\/td>\nRichard Jones
\n< richard.jones@metoffice.gov.uk<\/a> ><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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