The Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) supported a co-creation process that aimed to bring local experiences and knowledge to bear on the design of a potential research programme on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for equitable climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
This final synthesis report is the result of outcomes from a desk-based review and engagements with a range of stakeholders through multi-actor workshops and community consultations.
It outlines the process of research focus, incorporating the outputs from community workshops with knowledge generation outputs to identify final research themes and example research questions for the potential programme.
Co-creation process
The co-creation process included a desktop literature review, led by the Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) at Loughborough University and two phases of consultations led by the Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG). This included:
- Multi-actor workshops (MAW) with people involved in NbS across the region
- Community consultations to check the local-level relevance of the themes that emerged and to allow for new ideas/issues to emerge
This final synthesis report is the result of outcomes from a desk-based review and engagements with a range of stakeholders through multi-actor workshops and community consultations.
The full project team consisted of the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA), the WEDC and CSAG.
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Final Synthesis Report
This report details the co-creation process involved in the design of a potential research programme on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for equitable climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa.