Researchers have underscored the need for enhancing the capacity of communities to adapt to climate change and identify mitigation measures which are appropriate to their local settings.

While some of us are overheating in Arizona and others are freezing in Stellenbosch, great progress is being made to support a new generation of climate adaptation researchers in Africa.

University of Arizona researchers with the Arizona Initiative for Resilience and Development are undertaking three projects with international impact thanks to grants from the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID.