Natural resource management

Climate influence on zoonoses at human-livestock-wildlife interfaces in the transboundary region between Kenya and Tanzania (ENHANCE)

Research project Climate change is arguably the most important global environmental challenge. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately affected, particularly rural communities that are very reliant on natural resources. Wildlife, humans and li ...

Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-09-30 Countries: Kenya Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania Aarhus University (AU), Denmark University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya Project code: 23-05-KU Total grant: 10,349,805 DKK

The Agroforestry Paradox – Climate Clever Coffee (APCCO)

Research project Background Coffee is king in Uganda. In fact, among all commodities, only gold ranks higher. However, unlike gold, coffee is the main livelihood for millions of Ugandans. More than 1,2 million farmers are cultivating coffee and even more find work a ...

Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-09-30 Countries: Uganda Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Makerere University (MAK), Uganda National Coffee Research Institute (NaCORI), Uganda Mukono Zonal Agricultural Research & Development Institute (MUZARDI), Uganda Consortium for enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development (CURAD), Uganda Peter Larsen Kaffe, Löfbergs LILA AB, Denmark Regen Farmer, Denmark NewForesight Consultancy, Netherlands Project code: 23-06-KU Total grant: 10,012,385 DKK

DV-WIND: De-risking Vietnamese offshore wind farm development by using onsite seabed conditions and optimizing locations using marine spatial planning

Research project At present, there is a worldwide demand for clean energy and this demand is even growing in the next decades. A way to create more clean energy is to develop new offshore wind farms (OWFs). This will also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and f ...

Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-09-30 Countries: Vietnam Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Aarhus University (AU), Denmark VNU University of Science (VNU-HUS), Vietnam Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG), Vietnam Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics (IMGG), Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam Northern Center for Planning and Investigation of Marine Resources – Environment (CPIM), Vietnam Project code: 23-M06-KU Total grant: 9,996,438 DKK

Nature-based Solutions for Climate- Resilient Tea Production in Uganda (NbS4Tea)

Research project Tea is an important part of Uganda's economy, but climate change is a major threat to its production. Tea plants are typically grown in rainfed systems across Uganda, and increasing frequency and duration of heat and drought spells have negative effe ...

Period: 2023-09-1 to 2028-08-31 Countries: Uganda Lead institution: Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Partner institutions: Makerere University (MAK), Uganda Rwebitaba Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Rwebitaba ZARDI), Uganda Uganda Tea Association (UTA), Uganda KickStart, Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Uganda Project code: 23-08-AU Total grant: 9,998,669 DKK

VUCCA: Vulnerability and Climate Change Adaptation and in Conflict-Affected Regions: The Case of Northern Uganda

Research project What problem is VUCCA addressing? Extreme climate events and unpredictable weather patterns are affecting farmers around the globe, especially smallholders who do not have many resources to adapt to those changes. If dealing with climate change wa ...

Period: 2023-06-1 to 2028-05-31 Countries: Uganda Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Gulu University (GU), Uganda Tree Talk Plus, Uganda Project code: 23-09-KU Total grant: 10,000,000 DKK

Rural households, Agriculture, and Climate change – why and how farmers (do not) adapt in Ethiopia (RACE)

Research project Global warming has far-reaching consequences for humans, ecosystems, and economies, especially affecting rural households with limited ability to adapt in low and middle-income countries. In Africa, families reliant on rain-fed agriculture are partic ...

Period: 2023-06-1 to 2028-03-31 Countries: Ethiopia Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia Policy Studies Institute (PSI), Ethiopia Project code: 23-01-KU Total grant: 12,168,074 DKK

Pastoralist Climate Change Resilience in Somaliland (PACCS)

Research project This research project (PACCS) explores how pastoralists in Somaliland, an East African climate ‘hot spot’, adapt to climate change effects on their livelihoods. Pastoralism is a complex system, driven by interlinked economic, socio-ecological and ins ...

Period: 2022-09-1 to 2027-08-31 Countries: Somalia (incl. Somaliland) Lead institution: Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark Partner institutions: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark University of Hargeisa (UOH), Somalia University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya Social Research and Development Institute (SORADI), Somaliland University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark Project code: 21-04-RUC Total grant: 11,770,885 DKK

Myanmar: Climate Actions, Conflict and Peacebuilding

Research project This research project (MyClimate) explores how climate change interventions affect and are affected by existing conflict dynamics over natural resources and identity politics in six of Myanmar’s contested ethnic areas (Kachin, Chin, Mon, Naga, Pa-O, ... First year report One objective of MyClimate is to produce new empirical knowledge on how communities in Myanmar perceive and cope with the effects of climate change during a time of profound crisis. Another objective is to explore how different a ...

Period: 2021-12-1 to 2026-11-30 Countries: Myanmar Lead institution: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark Partner institutions: Enlightened Myanmar Research (EMR), Myanmar Yangon University (UY), Myanmar Project code: 20-05-DIIS Total grant: 12,000,000 DKK

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