SPARC events bring together diverse decision-makers and community representatives to foster debate and share learning on ways to support agro-pastoralists, pastoralists and farmers in dryland areas to build resilience.
At COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, SPARC researchers will share new perspectives on how to scale up climate action and finance in some of the world's most climate-vulnerable places.
SPARC researchers will help to shape policy, inform funding and drive evidence-based debate at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity COP 16.
SPARC at the 8th ALE: Bringing together tech providers, policy makers, firms and investors to find solutions to scaling climate-smart tools, digital agriculture, fintech and innovation in drylands.
SPARC researchers presented their new findings from Gashamo woreda in Ethiopia and Marsabit county in Kenya at a virtual event for World Water Week 2024.
SPARC researchers led conversations on topics related to climate action in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East, home to some of the world's most climate-vulnerable people.
SPARC co-sponsored the recent 7th Mercy Corps AgriFin Learning Event where researchers joined decision makers to explore ways to scale digital innovation for more resilient food systems in drylands.
SPARC researchers will be leading two sessions at the upcoming 7th Adaptation Futures international conference, on pastoralist livelihoods and transboundary climate risks.
In January 2023, the SPARC Innovation Research Facility partnered with Wowzi to explore how pastoralists engage on social media in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Nigeria and how this can be unlocked for information and product campaigns and generate new streams of income.
What are the key policy and funding challenges that need to be overcome to support climate resilience and food security in fragile and conflict-affected pastoralist regions? Find out how SPARC highlighted these obstacles, and ways to overcome them, at UNFCCC COP27.
SPARC researchers share the outcomes of an ongoing longitudinal research project looking at the impacts of Covid-19 on livelihoods and conflict dynamics in South Sudan, Somalia, and Nigeria, as well as at the answers to broader questions beyond the pandemic.
