In 2008 a partnership between the regional government of Brittany and UNDP, established a climate science and technology hub in Brest, France: ClimSAT. It was initiated with the primary aim of improving access to information on the impacts of climate change for some of the most vulnerable areas in the developing world. Promising and established stateÂofÂtheÂart technologies, particularly in satellite imagery, were gathered in Brest and data gathered was then shared with other partners including regional governments in Indonesia, Senegal and Uruguay. The aim was to enable governments and communities to monitor and model the effects of climate change, and to base climate change and development strategies on accurate, locationÂspecific information. ClimSAT was a concrete example of the increased action regional governments are taking to address climate change. ClimSAT in its original form ceased operation in midÂ2011 but was integrated into a wider UNEP programme, the Territorial Approach to Global Change, Scientific Services and Knowledge (TASK). This case study sets out to learn from the experiences of ClimSAT.
Journal articles from the Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA) African Journal of Range and Forage Science as well as related articles and reports from throughout the southern African region.