Year: 2023

Partners meeting took place on September 24th, 2024

On September 24th, 2024, a virtual meeting was held with partners of the RECC-LUM project, involving HAW Hamburg University, University of The Gambia and WASCAL Competence Center. Professor Walter Leal from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) opened the meeting with a welcome, highlighting the importance of teamwork. Team Gambia shared updates on their […]

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Hamburg University of Applied Sciences(HAW Hamburg)

Developing sustainable solutions to the societal challenges of today and tomorrow. This is the goal of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), northern Germany’s leading applied sciences university when it comes to reflective practice. Our central focus is the excellence of our teaching and our degree courses. Simultaneously, HAW Hamburg is continuing to […]

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WASCAL

WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) is a large-scale research-focused Climate Service Centre designed to help tackle this challenge and thereby enhance the resilience of human and environmental systems to climate change and increased variability. It does so by strengthening the research infrastructure and capacity in West Africa […]

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University of The Gambia (UTG)

The University of The Gambia was established by an Act of the National Assembly of the Gambia in March 1999.  The enactment, which was a bold step to fulfill a long-standing desire of the people of The Gambia and to respond to several years of advocacy both within and outside the country for a university, […]

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Mission & Vision

Mission To investigate, gather empirical data, and support policy formulation on climate change and land use management in The Gambia. This involves understanding the connections between climate change and land use, developing tools for a new land use policy, aiding in land boundary demarcation, and facilitating the development of a curriculum on land use management […]

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Feasibility Study on Climate Change, Land Use Management, and Renewable Energy in The Gambia

Description

The Sahel region of West Africa, where The Gambia is located, has been significantly impacted by climate change. Rapid population growth has also altered the country’s land cover and its land use. Less rainfall leads to low agriculture yields and an impact is land degradation, making agriculture and other land uses less productive, leading to […]

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Project Objectives

The awareness of growing climate impacts on land use and management is one of the reasons why the Paris climate change agreement –endorsed at COP 21 in 2015– put into motion the development of a task force to generate recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimize, and address displacement driven by climate change. One of the […]

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Project Relevance and Synergy with Funding Guidelines

The project is relevant for three main reasons. Firstly, it will highlight the fundamental pointson land use and management, based on the available literature and documents, since itconcentrates on deepening insights into unregulated land use in The Gambia, especiallyaround the large urban centers of the country. Secondly, the feasibility study will examine thelinks between population, […]

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Scientific and Technological Foundations: Original Approach in Desk Study

Climate change is seen and perceived as one of the most pressing problems currently affecting African countries, including The Gambia (IPCC 2014, Leal Filho 2015). Changes in climate trends are already affecting livelihoods and food security in the Sahel and West Africa (Leal Filho 2019). According to evidence released by a joint study by the […]

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Methodologies

The overarching methodological framework to enhance the Feasibility Study includes the following components: The Feasibility Study will be undertaken over a period of 24 months, and is divided into three phases:

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