African Synthesis Centre for Climate Change, Environment and Development
What Works Climate Solutions (WWCS) Summit 2027 launches its call for abstracts, inviting the global evidence community to help shape the agenda in Cape Town. The climate crisis does not wait — and neither can the evidence needed to tackle it.
The GREEN Resilience Africa synthesis team recently gathered in Togo for its third in-person meeting, marking a milestone for ASCEND as the first Baobab synthesis team to hold an in-person meeting outside South Africa.
The second What Works Climate Solutions (WWCS) Summit will be hosted by ASCEND at the University of Cape Town (UCT) — 13–16 April 2027.
In a new blog post Lloyd Banda reflects on the Climate Sahel Team’s third in-person meeting at ASCEND, held in Cape Town in April 2026, which focused on the intertwined dynamics of climate shocks, conflict, and migration in the Sahel.
New blog post from Denboy Kudejira, PDRF for the UNELD team, exploring how we account for the impacts of climate change that cannot be easily measured or expressed in economic terms.
ASCEND has successfully convened the final four BAOBAB synthesis teams in Cape Town, completing the series of inaugural workshops for all BAOBAB teams.
