Africa@2050 Climate Fiction Competition

As part of the SFC funded Africa@2050 project, the Centre for Energy Ethics (CEE) at the University of St Andrews and the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies (C3SS) at the University of Ghana have launched a writing competition under the theme ‘Imagining Climate Futures’. Open to all nationals and residents of sub-Saharan Africa … Read more

‘South-South’ Conversation on Climate Change and Coastal Communities

The ‘South-South’ Conversation on Climate Change and Coastal Communities facilitated by the interdisciplinary GCRF Cultural Heritage Hub Consolidation Project was held on Wednesday 3 February 2021, 15:00 GMT. This webinar was the first in a series of global conversations for GCRF researchers based at the University and our international partners. The conversation webinars will create a platform … Read more

Sustainable Development in Coastal Communities of the Indian Ocean

PI: Dr Richard Bates Repurposing has recently been necessary to the  School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) Global Challenges project in Tanzania to continue to support the local community despite the on-going COVID-19 crisis. When lock-down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic started to impact business and travel worldwide, work on year 2 … Read more

Mitigation of the effects of COVID-19 crisis in coastal Kenya

PI: Dr Timothy Stojanovic A new School of Geography & Sustainable Development (SGSD) Global Challenges project has been funded in coastal Kenya to help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on local communities. Watamu, on the Kenyan coast, is home to Watamu National Marine Park (“Haven of the Green Turtle” and a Marine Protected … Read more