Africa-Western Collaborations Day
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Opening address and Land Acknowledgement
Saverio Stranges, Professor & Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Director, The Africa Institute, Co-Director, the Western Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health, Western University
9:10 am - 9:20 am
Climate Change work at Western University
Isaac Luginaah, Professor, Department of Geography & Environment, Director, Western Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health, Western University
9:20 am - 9:50 am
The State of the Climate in Africa in the Global Context
Amadou Thierno Gaye, Professor, Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar, Senegal
9:50 am - 10:20 am
Effects of Climate Change on Logistics and Supply Chain in Africa
Matiwos Ensermu, Associate Professor, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, School of Commerce, Addis Ababa University
10:20 AM - 10:35 AM: BREAK
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Human Capacity Development for Climate Change Challenges in Africa
Chewki Ziani-Cherif, Deputy Director, Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES)
11:05 am - 11:50 am
Q & A Session
Moderated by Saverio Stranges, Professor & Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Director, The Africa Institute, Co-Director, the Western Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health, Western University
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Wrap up: Collaboration Implications
Isaac Luginaah, Professor, Department of Geography & Environment, Director, Western Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health, Western University
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Young Scholars Workshop
Host: Ms. Eunice Annan-Aggrey
Facilitators: Dr. Melanie Katsivo and Dr. Nassisse Solomon - Reflection on the presentations on Climate Change Adaptations in Africa.
Participants will join from Western, Cheikh Anta Diop, Addis Abba and PAUWES
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Contact: africain@uwo.ca
