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[PROJECT] CARBOAFRICA - Quantification, understanding and prediction of carbon cycle, and other GHG gases, in Sub-Saharan Africa
ID: 37132
Start date: 2006-10-01, End date: 2009-09-30
Africa is a region highly vulnerable to climatic change due to both ecological and socio-economic factors; however it is the least well-covered region by studies on climate change. For these reasons, the overarching goal of this project is to set up a firs t attempt of a GHG f...
Programme: FP6-SUSTDEV
Record Number: 81403
Last updated on: 2009-11-27
[PROJECT] CLIMAFRICA - Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa: impacts and adaptations
ID: 244240
Start date: 2010-10-01, End date: 2014-09-30
Africa is probably the most vulnerable continent to climate change and climate variability and shows diverse range of agro-ecological and geographical features. Thus the impacts of climate change can be very high and will greatly differ across the continent, and even within c...
Programme: FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Record Number: 95908
Last updated on: 2017-05-25
[PROJECT] AMMA - African monsoon multidisciplinary analysis
ID: 004089
Start date: 2005-01-01, End date: 2009-12-31
The dramatic change in the region of the West African monsoon (WAM) from wet conditions in the 50s and 60s to much drier conditions from the 70s to the 90s represents one of the strongest inter-decadal signals on the planet in the 20th century. Marked inter-annual variations i...
Programme: FP6-SUSTDEV
Record Number: 85507
Last updated on: 2012-02-13
[PROJECT] DEWFORA - Improved Drought Early Warning and FORecasting to strengthen preparedness and adaptation to droughts in Africa
ID: 265454
Start date: 2011-01-01, End date: 2013-12-31
The principal aim of the DEWFORA proposal is to develop a framework for the provision of early warning and response to mitigate the impact of droughts in Africa. The proposal has been built to achive three key targets: 1. Improved monitoring: by improving knowledge on drought...
Programme: FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Record Number: 97835
Last updated on: 2017-05-26
[PROJECT] AEGOS - African-European Georesources Observation System
ID: 212545
Start date: 2008-12-01, End date: 2011-11-30
Africa, the largest single component of the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Group of States, despite its huge potential for development through both human and georesources, suffers in many places from poverty and underdevelopment. The sustainable use of its resources is a key...
Programme: FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Record Number: 89340
Last updated on: 2017-05-30
[PROJECT] SUSTAIN EU-ASEAN - SUSTAIN EU-ASEAN: Sustain and enhance cooperation on sustainable development between Europe and Southeast Asia
ID: 603518
Start date: 2013-06-01, End date: 2016-10-31
This coordinating action will focus on climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials issues and will aim to enhance collaboration between researchers in the EU and the ASEAN region . Addressing these issues in a coherent way is vital for sustainable development that l...
Programme: FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Record Number: 109786
Last updated on: 2016-10-31
[REPORT SUMMARY] Final Report Summary - NOGAT (NOBLE GAS TRACING OF SOURCES AND SINKS OF VOLATILE ELEMENTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE)
In this project, we have investigated the origin and evolution of the terrestrial atmosphere and hydrosphere using noble gases and stable isotopes (e.g., nitrogen) as geochemical tracers. Noble gases are particularly suited for that because they are inert elements which...
Programme: FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Record Number: 196838
Last updated on: 2017-04-06
ID: 267255
Start date: 2011-01-01, End date: 2016-12-31
This proposal has the objective to greatly enhance our understanding of sources, sinks and processes fixing the composition of the atmosphere at different time periods of time, from 3.8 Gyr ago to Present. For achieving this goal, I shall develop the high precision analysis o...
Programme: FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Record Number: 97610
Last updated on: 2017-05-29
[PROJECT] HERCULES - Sustainable futures for Europe’s HERitage in CULtural landscapES: Tools for understanding, managing, and protecting landscape functions and values
ID: 603447
Start date: 2013-12-01, End date: 2016-11-30
European cultural landscapes are valued as everyday living environment, countryside, heritage, scenery with aesthetic and recreational qualities and unique biodiversity, and as a source of ecosystem services that they provide to society. Cultural landscapes, however, are unde...
Programme: FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Record Number: 110482
Last updated on: 2016-08-29
[PROJECT] FESSUD - Financialisation, economy, society and sustainable development
ID: 266800
Start date: 2011-12-01, End date: 2016-11-30
The research programme will integrate diverse levels, methods and disciplinary traditions with the aim of developing a comprehensive policy agenda for changing the role of the financial system to help achieve a future which is sustainable in environmental, social and economic...
Programme: FP7-SSH
Record Number: 101356
Last updated on: 2017-05-29
List retrieved on: 2017-07-30
