The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) cordially invites you to the launch of the Climares project on 11 September 2025
- Date
- Thursday 11 Sep 2025, 15:00 - 19:00
- Type
- General
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
- Ticket information
Registration is now closed.
Climate Resilience in Diverse African Contexts: Co-creating knowledge∞action networks (Climares) is a consortium of seven African and seven Dutch universities and societal partners. It works with dozens of researchers and actors in DRC, Mozambique, Morocco, Senegal and Uganda to investigate and address climate threats for at-risk populations in a range of governance and socioeconomic contexts in these countries.
It is funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
The Climares Consortium will be hosted by the Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre of the International Institute of Social Studies.
Programme
- 15:00 - Walk-in
- 15:30-17:00 - Launch of Climares with contributions from:
- Ruard Ganzevoort, ISS Rector
- Thea Hilhorst, ISS
- Joëlla van Rijn, Climate Team, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Christopher Jack, UCT - University of Cape Town, and the Climate Centre (online)
- Joyeeta Gupta, UvA - University of Amsterdam
- Plus an introduction to the Africa-based consortium partners - 17:00-19:00 - Reception in ISS' Butterfly Bar - with possibilities to e-meet our African partners (please bring your own laptop!)
- More information
Climares partnerships
The Climares consortium is composed of seven research institutions from the Netherlands and seven from Africa, with the support of various non-academic partners. For a list of Climares partner organizations, please see the Climares website.