The National Research and Development Innovation Fund (FONRID) of Burkina Faso and the Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DGRI) of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and Innovation (Mesri) of Senegal supported by the Theme 3 of the Council Initiative (SGCI) are pleased to announce the launch of a call for projects in the fields of agriculture and health.
Dr Joanes Atela has been nominated to co-chair the “International Network of Climate Change Centres of Excellence and Think-Tanks for Capacity Building (INCCCETT 4CB)” partnership, which was launched at UNFCCC COP22 in Marrakesh, Morocco. ACTS was nominated to represent Sub Saharan Africa in INCCCETT 4CB partnership
The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) in partnership with the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich, the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Dar-es-salaam University College of Education (DUCE),
On 15th December 2017, Prof. Calestous Juma, a research and development icon who revolutionized development thinking in Africa, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
On behalf of the Chairman and Members of the Governing Council of the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), we are pleased to inform you as a key Partner of the appointment of Professor Tom Peter Migun Ogada as the new Executive Director of ACTS, effective from 10th July 2018.
Editors: Hailemichael Teshome Demissie, Cosmas Milton Obote Ochieng, Guillermo Foladori and Desalegn Mengesha (ACTS Press, University of Gondar Press and STIC)
The International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) announces the publication of its 2016 “Climate Think Tank Rankings”, the authoritative and worldwide known assessment of the most cutting-edge institutions working in the field of climate change economics and policy.
Our partners in the LCT project at United International University (UIU) in Bangladesh won first prize at a Power and Energy Hackathon organised by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources in Bangladesh last week. They won with their fan driven improved cookstove design that is currently being piloted in Kenya by RECI with mentoring support from ACTS.
Deadline for applications 12th May 2017
The UK Commonwealth Scholarship Commission is sponsoring 10 Scholarships for the UK Open University Master of Science in Environmental Management. This is a three year distance learning course, which commences in November 2017.
Eco-inclusive Start-up Enterprises can Submit Their Candidacy by 8th March 2017
Nairobi, 10 January 2017 – Eco-inclusive start-up enterprises that are solving pressing local issues by integrating social and environmental benefits into their business models can apply for the 2017 SEED Awards. Winning enterprises will receive a tailor-made business support package.
Bonn (16/01/2017). The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and its partners are making the national climate action plans submitted under the Paris Climate Change Agreement more comparable with the help of an interactive tool on climate action and policy: the NDC Explorer.
The Natural Capital Coalition is launching a ‘Protocol Application Program’ on July 13 in London to support businesses as they apply the Natural Capital Protocol and sector guides.
The Protocol provides a standardized framework for business to identify, measure and value their impacts and dependencies on natural capital.
By Winnie Khaemba
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change is a legal instrument adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Paris Agreement recognizes climate change as a ‘common concern for mankind’ and urges parties (countries) to be cognizant of gender equality, women empowerment, indigenous peoples, the most vulnerable, persons with disability and inter-generational equity.
The UK Commonwealth Scholarship Commission is sponsoring 10 Scholarships for the UK Open University Master of Science in Environmental Management. This is a three year distance learning course, which commences in November 2016.
The African Centre for Technology Studies, Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) - the German Corporation for International Cooperation, National Treasury (Kenya) and the Greening Kenya Initiative (GKI) organised a one day workshop on green economy at the Laico Regency Hotel in Nairobi on 17th November 2015.
Governing the Nexus in Southern Africa - A partnership for understanding politics, institutional dynamics and challenges at the intersection of land, water and environmental governance in southern African contexts.
The Natural Capital Coalition, launched in 2012, brings together the different initiatives and organisations working in natural capital to collaborate on projects that will help to deliver a common vision of a world where business conserves and enhances natural capital.
The current ecological crises facing the world are a major result of humanity no longer living off the dividends of natural capital, but rather depleting the natural capital. Businesses are a major consumer of natural resources, hence critical to any efforts to address this issue.
Over 41 countries gathered in Senchi, Ghana, from 9-10 October, 2015, under the aegis of the Pan-African business and biodiversity Forum (PABF). Participants represented governments, business, civil society, academia, development institutions and financial institutions.
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) is an international consortium of business and environmental NGOs. The CDSB committed to advancing and aligning the global mainstream corporate reporting model to equate natural capital with financial capital.
WBA had its annual steering committee meeting, general assembly and board meeting at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) in Nairobi, Kenya on 9th June 2015.
A new African sustainability research hub will make a “huge contribution” to promoting low carbon economic development in Kenya, according to a speech on Wednesday by Hon. Henry Rotich, Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury. The speech was delivered by Prof Judi Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, at a workshop on Low Carbon Development in Africa held in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) is a worldwide network, founded in 2008, to enhance the science and practical application of ecosystem services. To facilitate the needed dialogue between scientists, policy makers and practitioners ESP organises an annual international conference in different parts of the world.
By Joel Onyango and Winnie Khaemba
Rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, shifting seasons and climate related disasters are but a few indicators to the impacts that climate change has on the Gaia.
The UK Commonwealth Scholarship Commission is sponsoring 10 Scholarships for the UK Open University Master of Science in Environmental Management. This is a three year distance learning course, which commences in November 2015.
ACTS Wins Award for Total Quality Management (Gold Category) from Business Initiative Directions (BID), a quality management assurance agency. The award ceremony took place at hotel Intercontinental Geneva, Switzerland.
ACTS is pleased to announce the book “Water Ecosystem Services: A Global Perspective” is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The book will be launched at a Special Session at the Water World Congress XV on May 27 in Edinburgh (http://worldwatercongress.com/).
Vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, measles and tetanus kill hundreds of thousands of children under the age of 5 every year.
By Dr. Rebecca Hanlin
On Saturday, December 5th, 2015 the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) in partnership with the German Development Institute (DIE) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) co-hosted a side event entitled, “Looking beyond Mitigation Targets: INDCs on finance, fairness and adaptation.”
On Friday, December 4th, 2015 the African Centre for Technology Studies and the STEPS Centre at the University of Sussex co-hosted a side event entitled, “Climate Relevant Innovation Systems Builders (CRIBs): How to Strengthen the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism.”
As negotiations entered their third day at COP, ACTS researchers participated in two high-level side-events on December 2nd, 2015. ACTS Executive Director, Dr. Cosmas Ochieng moderated a side event entitled, “Scaling Up Adaptation Action: Opportunities for Knowledge,” while ACTS Research Fellow Winnie Khaemba spoke at an event entitled, “Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Dryland Ecosystems.”
On Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 Dr. Cosmas Ochieng, the Executive Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies spoke at an official UNFCCC side event of COP 21 entitled “Mitigation Contributions from Developing Countries: Innovation, technology and scenario analysis.”
