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  • CLARE-NAMIBIA project efforts continue

    Posted on May 20, 2022

    <p>Even though the CLARE-Namibia project ended, the project has made a lasting impact-often only experienced at the end of the project cycle. This was and still is evident at the Niita Yiitula Junior secondary school in the northern part of Namibia that won the second prize during the project’s climate change school competition. The school principal Ms Victoria Nakale came up with an initiative to revive the school garden at the beginning of 2022 after being inspired by John Shekundja Combined school in Okalongo which won first place with their garden project. During April Fool's Day in 2022, the...</p>

  • The Kalahari Recycled Glass Bead Manufacturing Project is in full production!

    Posted on Apr 21, 2022

    <p>Drimiopsis a small settlement in Omaheke with a very high unemployment rate especially for the youth started a recycle glass bead manufacturing project.  This project idea was birth by the dream that a Peace Corps volunteer Mrs. Susan Hammitt had, which turned into reality. The project is funded for a year under the Social Security Commission – Development Fund and employs 8 San women from Drimiopsis. The project as a registered entity  has secured a plot through the Omaheke Regional council where production will take place which includes an outlet to market products. Renowned recycle glass be...</p>

  • The birthing of the Kalahari Beads Project

    Posted on Feb 25, 2022

    <p>The Kalahari Recycled Glass Bead Manufacturing (KRB) funded under the Social Security Commission – Development Fund and implemented by the Desert Research Foundation is a recycle glass bead project. The project uses waste glass material and turn it into glass beads which are sold as is or as necklaces, bracelets and earrings. KRB employs 8 San women on a permanent basis and is situated in Drimiopsis approximately 48 kilometres from the regional capital Gobabis. Drimiopsis, a fast-growing village soon to be declared a settlement.</p> <p>KRB remained a dream on paper since 2018 but came into being in D...</p>

  • Omusati Schools Competition- Great ideas came to reality

    Posted on Jan 25, 2022

    <p>For the past few decades, climate change has been making headlines all over the world. Developing countries such as Namibia are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, firstly due to our location on the globe that has an influence on our climate and secondly due to our low adaptive capacity as a nation. With the recent alarming 1.5 and 2-degree Celsius projections by the IPCC, countries have been trying to raise awareness about the effects of climate change and how we can better mitigate it or adapt to the changes that it causes.</p> <p>As an intern at <a href="https://drfn.org.na/">Desert research foundation of Na...</a></p>

  • What is required to achieve climate governance in Namibia?

    Posted on Nov 25, 2021

    <p style="text-align: justify;">Semi-arid countries like Namibia, are highly dynamic systems that experience variable and sometimes extreme climates, adverse environmental change, and a relative paucity of and decline in natural resources. Historically, people living in these regions have adopted several coping mechanisms to deal with these conditions. Today, however, many communities exhibit low levels of adaptive capacity due to challenges such as marginalisation, underdevelopment, poverty, inequality, weak governance, maladaptive policies, and increasing population growth. Climate change is expected to augment existing le...</p>

  • Donkerbos: A community building resilience to a changing climate

    Posted on Sep 24, 2021

    <p>Donkerbos, a mainly San community situated in the Omaheke region has over the years had to battle tough semi-arid environment to sustain their livelihoods. Donkerbos is very remote and the community rely mostly on their indigenous knowledge for survival, therefore their environment is an important tool. Often one can observe a community member chewing on a root which is explained to be helpful with tooth pain or soothing a tummy ache. Not only is Donkerbos a source of veld food or medical provider but more importantly the only place they call home, a place that gives a sense of belonging. Ther...</p>

  • Awarding the winners of the schools competition

    Posted on Sep 22, 2021

    <p>In August this year the CLARE-Namibia launched a competition inviting schools in the Omusati Region with Environmental/life science clubs in the Omusati region to participate in the call for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DesertResearchFoundationOfNamibia/">Climate Action competition</a>.</p> <p>Today was the prize giving ceremony and these are the winners: <br>• FIRST PRIZE N$ 3000.00: John Shekundja Combined School (Smart gardening); <br>• SECOND PRIZE N$ 2000.00: Niita Yiitula Junior Secondary School (Renewable energy); <br>• THIRD PRIZE N$ 1000.00: Shaanika Nashilongo Senior Secondary School (Solid waste management).</p> <p>Congratulations to all the winners. The prices ma...</p></br></br></p>

  • Summary of 6th Assessment Report on Climate Change

    Posted on Aug 20, 2021

    <p>The <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</a> (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. Last week the IPCC released its 6th assessment report on the state of the climate.</p> <p>The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report is the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations. More information is accessible o...</p>

  • The Adaptation Fund approves a regional project for Namibia and Angola

    Posted on Aug 19, 2021

    <p>During the last Board meeting of the Fund held on the 18th of August 2021, the Board also approved more than US$ 17 million in new adaptation projects, including an US$ 11.9 million <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001rsk9fuFJcvmpvLOS1Ln89waypGAU36NgG_cTHG1F4qjwNEAh4IUyvoOABCt4y6zWPxIuwUg0PZljM14RTGBOHPxk4wMqNVrT7sR15lBd-PXPL7sIpg89nDWD11XuD0DCctOZq9gdxvTxxodoYnh_8-npEZAXXzML1y91_MCb6HndkPXGgjz-bO--dGqbraUEV0Gz85n5nOiOcp0CBNEHkyq_r3EUqfAiv-Xbj54Y0_Y2xxBVS7tEE7lWoZv93f24x2y2WH622CFe_N76zXU6yhezdNK2bS-OrKpH1tidQUSZqEicUFZ09PW81HTIjQpC%26c%3DTty0h6fTieM6txrBpPUy-vx5uKdHdaLCqLe3FPIWO_btNB4czgIskQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DyKaWBi2p3bTR8LY5l1yuHYI1nVnTL36v4yGjsOCMYZ0tNx7XBhmzKQ%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1629526479652000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPUXlsjRLTXbNA4hzf0aQiFVfX_A" 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href="https://www.adaptation-fund.org/project/angola-and-namibia-resilience-building-as-climate-change-adaptation-in-drought-struck-south-western-african-communities/">here</a>.</p> <p>ABOUT THE ADAPTATION FUND</p> <p>Since 2010, the Adaptation Fund has committed nearly US$ 850 million for climate change adaptation and resilience projects and programmes, including more than 123 concrete, localized projects in the most vulnerable communitie...</p>

  • The new IPCC report is out!

    Posted on Aug 09, 2021

    <p>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its latest assessment of the physical science of global warming. It warns that countries must cut greenhouse gas emissions quickly and sharply, to avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate change. There is still time to limit average global warming to 1.5°C, but nations must act now. </p> <p>The report makes it clear that we still have a choice: to cut carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050 and curb other greenhouse gases very fast. This could limit global warming to 1.5°C over the course of this century, and so limit the ...</p>

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