This handbook presents a series of definitions, concepts and programmes for addressing climate change in Southern Africa following the inception of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. The document provides the reader with a simplified understanding of climate risks, as well as actions that can be implemented to address the impacts of climate change. This…

Year: 2017
Produced by: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
File size: 11 MB

This two-sided leaflet containing information on the work to improve climate resilience within the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA). The leaflet contains background to issues in the area, a list of agricultural value-chain products with potential for pilot enterprise-development projects and steps needed to move the project…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 449 KB

This two-sided flyer gives an overview of work in the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) that aims to improve climate resilience in the region. Background information on key issues in the area and next steps are provided.…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 527 KB

This is a two-page overview of the services CRIDF offers, including: CRIDF’s project cycle; project preparation services; funding capture/matching services; implementation and project assistance; and ‘on demand’ technical assistance.…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 772 KB

This two-page overview of CRIDF describes the Facility’s aims, approaches and services offered.…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 742 KB

This policy brief presents an economic and environmental argument for incorporating the population within the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) region into the tourism value chain. It gives an overview of this project that aims to help KAZA communities develop agricultural products that can be sold into the tourism industry.…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 384 KB

This two-page brief, produced by CRIDF and prepared for World Water Week 2017, gives an overview of the Songwe River Basin Development Programme. The brief describes the programme’s objectives and expected benefits; the work it has delivered to date; its financial viability; and the sound investment opportunity the programme offers.…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 103 KB

This peer-reviewed paper uses a systematic, global assessment of transboundary watersheds to identify regions where hydropolitical tensions are most likely to occur over the next decade and beyond. Physical, institutional, political and economic indicators are used in this assessment. Several basins in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central America,…

Year: 2017
Produced by: Global Environmental Change
File size: 2.5 MB

This PowerPoint presentation gives an overview of a project in the Limpopo Basin which aims to share near real-time flow data in the upper reaches of the basin, and establish an early warning flood forecast system (EWFFS) to determine the likely extent and timing of floods downstream. It is estimated that the total costs avoided due to an EWFFS would range from…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 2.4 MB

This PowerPoint presentation gives a detailed overview of the Limpopo early warning flood forecasting system. The overview includes: a schematic diagram of the system’s architecture and details of the customised platform; particulars on how the data are acquired; the hydraulic models used and how data are assimilated into these models; and the reporting…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 2.8 MB