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24 - 28 May 2010
at Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya
Introduction
Climate
change poses a serious threat to food security of
millions of pastoral families engaged in extensive
livestock production systems in the arid and
semi-arid lands in Africa. The primary concern is
how to mitigate the extreme impact of climate
oscillations on these communities and other
vulnerable groups, whose livelihoods depend almost
entirely on climate-sensitive resources. One
approach towards combating the hydra-headed
challenges of climate change is to adopt a
multi-stakeholder involvement in knowledge sharing
and exchange by all those involved, and/or affected
by climate change impacts.
Goal of the conference
The goal
of this CCAA-supported conference is to explore
options and strategies in climate change adaptation
and mitigation by vulnerable pastoral communities in
arid and semi-arid lands, including scientific
advances and global best practices in climate change
adaptation, novel indigenous approaches in animal
management and adaptive breeding by vulnerable
communities in the dry lands.
Aims of the conference
- To
bring together stakeholders from diverse
backgrounds, including scientists and
international experts, research fellows,
representative of local communities, policy
makers, NGOs, CBOs and representatives of
vulnerable communities, to discuss options and
strategies for climate change adaptation and
livestock production in low-input systems in the
dry-lands.
- To
explore new research agenda and intervention
measures geared towards building adaptive capacity
and resilience to climatic extremes by vulnerable
groups and communities.
Participants
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Scientists and researchers in agriculture,
environmental sciences, natural resource
management,
- Climate
Change Research Fellows
- Policy
Makers
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Government Agencies
- NGOs,
CBOs, Journalists and Media Houses, etc
Funding
This
conference is supported through a grant by the
Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) programme
of the IDRC (Canada) and the DFID (UK).
Conference Registration Fee
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Conference
participants |
KSh 3,000.00 (US$
40) |
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Graduate Students |
KSh 1,500.00 (US$
20) |
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Scientists with
partial support |
Free
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Climate Change
Research Fellows |
Free |
Conference output
- Book of
Abstracts
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Conference Proceedings
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Conference Communiqué Main Sponsors
- Host
Institution
Conference Dates & Deadlines (Tentative)
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From 20th
January, 2010 |
Call for
abstracts |
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15th March, 2010
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Deadline for
submission of abstracts |
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From 16th March,
2010 |
Acceptance of
abstracts and call for full papers
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20th April, 2010
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Deadline for
submission of full papers |
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24th to 28th May,
2010 |
Conference Date
Conference Date |
Scientists
and other stakeholders are invited to submit papers
(5 pages maximum), including an abstract of not more
than 300 words. Deadline for receiving abstract is
15th March, 2010. Please send your abstracts to the
following e-mail addresses:
ccaa@iccamnet.org.
Alternatively, abstracts can be uploaded at the
following link:
www.iccamnet.org.
NOTE:
Accommodation and partial support is available for
participants whose papers are accepted for oral
presentation.
Deadline for
submission of abstracts is 15 March 2010
Conference Website
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2-6 November 2010 in Hanover and
Essen, Germany
The
Volkswagen Foundation intends to invite 100
promising young researchers from all over the world
interested in and capable of contributing to the
conference "Our Common Future" to be held in
November 2010 in Hanover and Essen, Germany,
focusing on global challenges of the 21st Century.
The conference and a preparatory phase in the course
of the year 2010 will be held on topics of the
following research areas:
- Climate
Change and Energy
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Technology: Communication; Mobility; Factory of
the Future
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Economic and Urban Development
- Global
Health and Molecular Medicine
- Human
Rights; Migration and Integration; Religion and
Values
Please submit your application before
July 31, 2009
Conference Website
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