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Walker welcomes Peter Gibbs onto the board

Walker welcomes Peter Gibbs onto the board

Heather Plumpton joins Walker Institute

Heather Plumpton joins Walker Institute

African Climate Risks Conference 2019

African Climate Risks Conference 2019

Prof Cornforth at Water Security and Poverty Conference

Prof Cornforth at Water Security and Poverty Conference

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Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Programme in Climate Justice

A major five year programme offering 15 interdisciplinary doctoral scholarships in climate justice.

Bay of Bengal Boundary-Layer Experiment (BoBBLE)

How atmosphere-ocean interactions in the Bay of Bengal affect monsoon rainfall across South Asia.

Drivers of Regional East Monsoon variability (DREAM)

DREAM aims to determine the drivers of variability in the East Asian hydrological cycle.

Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS): Community Learning Framework

This pilot project was set-up with the aim of developing a Learning Framework for GloFAS flood forecast users.

Everyday Climate Cultures Workshop

The workshop looks to explore ways of understanding and evaluating the everyday practices of climate change cultures

RAINWATCH

Rainwatch platform generates rainfall data in real time, tracking the seasonal attributes important to food production.

ACE-Africa: Attributing impacts of external climate drivers on extreme weather in Africa

Investigating the science of extreme event attribution and its relevance for policy in an African context

The CAULDRON Game

CAULDRON is a participatory game to engage with stakeholders on issues around extreme event attribution

Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA)

A new sustainable approach to manage climate risks and increase resilience for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

HyCRISTAL: Integrating Hydro-Climate Science into Policy Decisions for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure and Livelihoods

HyCRISTAL is tackling current uncertainties which exist around climate change projections for the East African region.

Explaining Timescales Associated with Jet Stream Variability

Explaining Timescales Associated with Jet Stream Variability

Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law symposium - 29 June to 1 July 2017, at the University of Reading

Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law symposium - 29 June to 1 July 2017, at the University of Reading

ERADACS

ERADACS seeks to enhance resilience to drought using forecasts of soil moisture communicated in a meaningful manner.

Our Changing Climate: Past, Present and Future

Find out more about the climate of the past and how climate change can present a number of risks and opportunities.

Our Hungry Planet: Agriculture, People and Food Security

Consider how the food we grow, buy, eat and throw away relates to the global issue of food security,.

Come Rain or Shine: Understanding the Weather

Get an introduction to the weather and climate of the UK and beyond.

The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture

How can we adapt farming to an uncertain future? Could the answer be Climate Smart Agriculture?

Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater supplies from low storage aquifers in Africa (BRAVE)

BRAVE aims to better quantify the impacts of climatic variability and change on groundwater supplies.

Tropical applications of meteorology using satellite data and ground-based observations (TAMSAT)

TAMSAT provides gauge-calibrated satellite-based rainfall estimates for all of Africa in near real time.

Dynamics-aerosol-chemistry-cloud interactions in West Africa (DACCIWA)

DACCIWA aims to quantify the influence of human-caused and natural emissions on air quality, clouds and rainfall.

Adaptive Social Protection: Information for Enhanced Resilience (ASPIRE)

Integrating climate and livelihoods information to trigger Adaptive Social Protection programmes in the Sahel

NERC Flooding from Intense Rainfall Programme

Flooding From Intense Rainfall aims to reduce risks of damage and loss of life caused by surface water and flash floods.

Governing Green Inclusive Green Economy in Africa (GIGGA)

Exploring how countries in Africa can benefit from green growth and investment in sustainable technologies.

Supporting Smart Urban Growth: Successful investing in density

Focuses on indicators of ‘good density’ in urban development.

COP Climate Action Studio

The COP Climate Action Studio (COP CAS) enables doctoral students to remotely participate in the annual UNFCCC.

Climate Services Academy Training (CSAT)

The Climate Services Academy Training (CSAT) is a new initiative which is training PGR students in Evidence Synthesis

GCRF African SWIFT

Programme of research and capability building, led by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science.

Facilitating Science to Policy: A Knowledge Exchange Platform for Climate-Informed Health Policy

Support for the integration of climate information within health systems in East and West Africa

NIMFRU: National-Scale Impact Based Forecasting of Flood Risk in Uganda

Strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of early flood warning systems in Uganda

IDAPS: Integrated Database for African Policy Makers

Facilitating effective livelihood policies in the face of climate change for improved resilience to climate-related risk

Climate change and socio-economic transformations in the Late Antiquity of the Middle East

Investigation of climate-human interactions in the Late Antique (300-800 CE) period of the Middle East using speleothems

Sweet Potato (SwP) Catalyst Project: Filling critical knowledge gaps for improved food security analysis of under-researched food crops

Providing policymakers with a better understanding of factors affecting SwP crop yield under different climate scenarios