The organisers are excited to invite the scientific and research community to propose sessions for the ICOS Science Conference 2024! ICOS Science Conference 2024 will be a hybrid event held at the Versailles Palais des Congrès, France, and virtually on 10-12 September, 2024. The overarching theme of the conference is “From GHG observations through science … Continue reading “Call for session proposals is now open for ICOS Science Conference 2024!”

A new article recently published in Nature highlighted the ways Africa is being disproportionately impacted by climate change induced extreme weather. The authors, including KADI project partner Patricia Nying’uro from Kenya Meteorological Department, also suggested solutions and next steps for climate risk reduction. “Our new paper highlights that in order to cushion African countries from … Continue reading “New article from KADI project climate scientists”

COP28 side event, 6 December 2023, 16:45- 18:15 UTC+4 SE Room 6 and online ▶ Full programme here (PDF) ▶ See the concrete impact of local climate action in this Resilience Academy video Transformative climate services are crucial to leverage efficient climate mitigation actions. By mobilising available knowledge, resources and skills, accounting for local realities and using actual data from observations, … Continue reading “KADI side event at COP28: CLIMATE SERVICES FOR DECISION-MAKERS”

As part of the KADI project, we invite 15 participants from the African continent to join a four-day training course on coastal oceanographic and carbon data collection, analysis and sharing. The course will take place in Gqeberha, South Africa 12-15 March 2024. The course will encompass sensor overview, hands-on training, fieldwork, data collection, data analysis … Continue reading “Training course on coastal carbon science and monitoring (Algoa Bay, South Africa)”

AfriGEO 2023 18-22 September, 2023 AfriGEO is an initiative of the African community in the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) aimed at providing a coordination framework and platform for Africa's participation in GEO. In addition, it is a: Pan African initiative to raise awareness and develop capacity on EO for governments, research organizations and the … Continue reading "AfriGEO Symposium 2023"

Open Science Conference of the World Climate Research Programme October 23 - 27, 2023 The 2nd Open Science Conference of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, at the Kigali Convention Centre (KCC), from 23 to 27 October 2023, hosted by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) on behalf of … Continue reading "WCRP Open Science Conference"

26-27 October, 2023 KADI annual meeting will be held in Kigali, Rwanda at the Lemigo Hotel . It is an internal project meeting organised by ICOS ERIC.  

GEO Week & Ministerial Summit November 6 -10, Cape Town, South Africa KADI will be presented in a show case side event on Tuesday November 7 at 11:00. The title of the session is "Co-creating climate services from data to knowledge in Africa" and includes Andreas Brink (European Commission), Theresia Bilola (Integrated Carbon Observation System - … Continue reading "GEO Week & Ministerial Summit"