COP26 UKRI-GCRF online workshop

Event details

The University of York, BIEA, Innovative Research in Africa, University of Cambridge and the Institute for Global Prosperity will come together to explore how to build transformational pathways to adaptation in Eastern Africa. 

Programme

08.45 Introduction and Housekeeping
(NB for reporting purposes, presentations and collective discussions will be recorded, but not
breakout groups)

09.00 Paul Lane Overview of the Four Key Questions

Presentations

09.15 – 10.00

1. What research is needed to respond to the adaptation gap?

Abdalla Hamad Bakar Coastal Community Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation:
The Case of Coastal Communities on Zanzibar’s Islets

David M Anderson & Kennedy Agade Mkutu Understanding the Dynamics of Water
Scarcity and Violence in Kenya

10.00 – 10.05 Short Break

10.05 – 10.55

2. How to evaluate the feasibility of adaptation options and outcomes for resilient and
sustainable development?

Wilson Kipkore Addressing Social Justice, Capacity Building and Governance Through
Transformative Adaptation Research in Kenya, East Africa

Robert Marchant, Paul Lane, Daniel Olago,Jane Humphris& Rebecca Kariuki Sensing Past,
Present, and Future Climate Change Challenges: Resilient Ecosystems, Societies and
Environments Across the Kenya-Tanzania Borderlands

10.55 – 11.15 Break

11.15 – 12.00

3. What examples are there of transformative adaptation research enabling action
through addressing social justice, capacity building and governance?

Jaqueline McGlade, E.Njau, S.Ntaiyia, J.Kones, S.Tuwei, J.Bitok, B. Koila, I.Selim, F.
Keriasek, A. Tirra, P.Letura, J.Moniko, E.Karia & V. Ochieng Community-led Clean Energy
and Restoration of the Mau Forest Complex of Kenya to support Global Climate Action

Adam Branch, Frank Agyei, Patrick Byakagaba, Florence Ebila, Tuyeni Mwampamba, Mary
Njenga, Eric Awich Ochen, Arthur Owor, Jon Phillips Fuelling Violence to Fuelling Peace:
Charcoal and Environmental Justice in Uganda

12.00 – 12.50

4. How can research funders, universities and data managers best champion inclusive,
urgent and solutions-oriented adaptation research?

Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, M. Davies, T. Kiprutto, W. Kipkore, B. Malombe, H. Chepto, A. Yano,
N. Bailengo, N. Kiplagat & J. Cheptorus Re-thinking the Role of Smallholder Farmers in
Climate Change Adaptation

Gerda Kuiper, and Daniel Olago Presenting the Climate and Environment Centre "Future
African Savannas" (AFAS)

12.50 – 14.00 LUNCH

14.00 – 14.05 Paul Lane Briefing on Breakout Groups

14.05 – 15.00 Breakout Groups (UKRI’s Four Key Questions 1-4 – see end of document)

15.00 – 15.10 Short Break

15.10 – 16.00 Reports from Breakout Groups

16.00 – 16.30 Final Discussion and Workshop Close