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The Request for Expression of Interest focusses on African–European partnership for co-designing regional pilots that demonstrate impact-based forecasting (IbF) services and tools.
A new StoryMap by the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), presents the purpose, progress, and impact of the ArcX initiative as it works to strengthen biodiversity conservation, sustainable land use, and climate-resilient ecosystem management across Eastern and Southern Africa.
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The OPERA project, as part of the ArcX Ocean component, is calling on scientists, innovators, youth leaders, and ocean lovers from Europe and around the world to share real-world actions for ocean protection and sustainable management. 
The meeting aimed to chart a transformative roadmap for the sustainable management of the continent’s vast environmental resources and rich biodiversity (including forests, water bodies and wildlife) through data-driven, science-backed solutions and approaches.
The Africa Knowledge Platform team presented an overview of the platform and the energy-related decision support systems such as the Clean Energy Access (CEA) tool during the
The main objectives of the Tropical Summit (4-8 November 2024, Lisbon) were to promote the transfer of knowledge, stimulate multidisciplinary collaboration and the involvement of stakeholders, and contribute to the co-creation and innovative projects, capitalizing and densifying existing initiatives and collaboration platforms for the rapid implementation of tangible and robust...
Africa’s water efficiency would increase by 34% in 2030 as compared to 2016 due to an expected 60% increase in per capita GDP, according to research. 
The Africa Knowledge Platform and the Regional Centres of Excellence program will be presented at the Regional Multi-actor Research Network Project Inception Meeting in Kampala, Uganda.
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This dataset shows Regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities in Africa
The hydropower installed capacity indicates the amount of energy a hydropower plant can produce in its turbines. In 2016, hydropower accounted for 54% of the installed capacity in Eastern Africa, 58% ...
Higher energy demands in Africa has led to a wide expansion of the number of hydropower sites, mainly between the 1960s and 1980s. The construction of dams causes impoundments of rivers and reservoirs...
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) dataset is a disaggregated conflict event dataset designed for real-time monitoring and analysis. It records the specific dates, locations, act...
This layer provides the Effective Leaf Area Index (LAIe), a critical parameter for modeling evapotranspiration and carbon fluxes between the biosphere and the atmosphere. Monitoring the dis...
This layer presents the Effective Leaf Area Index (LAIe) Anomalies, representing the deviation of current vegetation density from the historical average. Monitoring the change of LAI i...