CCAA-ECA workshop on regional climate change adaptation strategies
IDRC’s Climate Change Adaptation in Africa program and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) jointly hosted a regional workshop entitled “Towards a Regional Strategy in Climate Change Adaptation: Sharing Knowledge on Climate Risks and Adaptation Options”. The workshop, held at ECA headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, brought together policymakers and researchers to discuss how adaptation research can be given a regional dimension, and the capacities regional institutions and policymakers need to leverage and implement effective policies.
The workshop’s first three days were devoted to exploring the links between climate change, poverty and sustainable development in Africa. Discussion focused on water resources and food security; bridging the divide between researchers and policymakers; and the feasibility of transboundary strategies for climate risk management and knowledge sharing on adaptation.
The final two days of the workshop served as an inception meeting for the CCAA program’s first project proponents. Days 4 and 5 brought together CCAA staff and research partners, focusing on practical ways of sharing knowledge emanating from CCAA-supported research projects. Participants, resource persons and facilitators also reviewed key methodologies to strengthen project design and development.
