New research shows how Windhoek’s ‘Brown is Beautiful’ approach could use its dry landscape to protect the city from heat, drought and floods.
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For nature-based climate adaptation, better data is only one part of the full system required to determine where to act, who decides and how action will be funded.
Planting grass or succulents along tram tracks can cool streets, cut pollution and make cities feel more beautiful.
Africa is heavily dependent on agriculture. At this year’s COP30 conference, the continent needs to secure more funding to adapt land to climate disasters.
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Director Africa, CIFOR-ICRAF, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow; Principal Consultant, Positioning Insights, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology
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Lecturer in the Department of Architecture, Planning and Construction, Namibia University of Science and Technology
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Professor, University of Pretoria