The 'Climate change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa' Project

Objectives: 

The main objective is the assessment of the impacts of climate
changes at urban scale in Africa in the next 40-90 years
(2050-2100), by:
1. 1. to downscale climate trends to evaluate threats (hazards) to
cities: i.e., flood, drought, desertification, heat waves, sea level
rise;
2. 2. to develop methods and knowledge to quantitatively assess
risks (i.e., employing probabilistic loss metrics) cascading from
climate-change-induced hazards, considering vulnerability of
urban built environment and lifelines, as well as social and
economical vulnerability, in-town ecosystems and urban-rural
interfaces vulnerability;
3. 3. to get information to manage risks and to improve the coping
capacity and the resilience of urban systems.
4. CLUVA is a 3-yr project (at the end of the first year) funded by the
European Commission.