The African continent, with its diverse environment, climate and natural resources, is subject to a variety of environmental issues and opportunities at both country specific and continent scales. Issues such as deforestation, degradation, water resource availability and sustainable agriculture are challenges facing much of the continent. With a drive to meet the needs of growing populations under a changing climate there is an acute requirement to achieve this sustainably and without further degradation to natural resources.
UKCEH has worked in Africa for more than 30 years, primarily in areas of hydro-climatic science, sustainable agriculture and agroforestry. In July 2024, we opened our West Africa Regional Office.
Partners
We have Memoranda of Understanding with the following institutes in Africa:
Projects
- (NERC)
- (UNEP)
- (NERC/DfID)
- (NERC)
- (NERC)
- (EU)
- Vegetation Effects on Rainfall in West Africa (VERA) (NERC)
- Improving Model Processes for African Climate (IMPALA) (NERC/DfID)
- Lake Victoria Levels Under a Changing Climate (HyTPP) (World Bank)
- (NERC/DfID)
- Taking Forward the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution: Pilot to Determine the Air Quality Drivers for Sub-Saharan Africa (NERC)
- Open Soil Data Platform (BBSRC)
- Drivers of Resistance in Uganda and Malawi: The DRUM Consortium (MRC)
- (MRC)
- (UKRI)
- Co-Pod: A co-produced application platform to link people and practice to promote resilience in cocoa agroforestry in West Africa (BBSRC)
- An interactive, web-based lake zonation tool for supporting the sustainable development of cage fish farming in Lake Victoria, Kenya (BBSRC)
- MORTEC - Advancing improvement of Moringa species for agricultural use through development of genomic selection technology (BBSRC)
- (NFLICS)
- C2MA mapping Malaria (British Council)
Contact us
For general enquiries, please see our Contacts page. To discuss our work in Africa, contact:
Associate Director of International Research and Development: Prof Harry Dixon
International Relations Coordinator: Mar铆a Jarqu铆n