ARA Micro-Grants Showcase Event

A virtual event where the ARA will showcase innovative and impactful grassroots action research from the Global South funded through the ARA Grassroots Action Research Micro-Grants Programme.

The event will be held in two different sessions conducted via Zoom platform, each featuring four presentations from different micro-grantees addressing local challenges of climate change adaptation through research and action.

Session 1: 10:00 – 11:30 CET

  • INDIA: Finding Adaptation solutions to Menstrual Health Risks induced by Climate change through knowledge cocreation (SaciWaters)
  • ZAMBIA: Exploring Farmer Managed Seed Systems as an adaptation method (Women’s Life and Wellness Foundation
    WLWF)
  • NIGERIA: Strengthening Rural Women resilience to climate change through targeted advisory service and knowledge building (Society for Climate Action in Nigeria – SCAN)
  • SRI LANKA: Cloud Forest Restoration at Bopaththalawa, Central highlands of Sri Lanka (Earthlanka Youth Network)

Session 2: 16:00 – 17:30 CET

  • MYANMAR: Community Climate Adaptation for Local Infrastructure (Doh Eain)
  • BRAZIL: Autonomy, Sustainability and Peoples
    Good Living: catalyzing the power of community-led climate adaptation and nature-based alternatives in the Atlantic Forest (Instituto Cabruca)
  • URUGUAY: Local leadership and community resilience in response to a global impact: water scarcity (Sociedad Amigos del Viento -ADELV)
  • ZIMBABWE: Community adaptation to climate change through diverse and sustainable livelihood portfolios of nature-based enterprises

 Register for one or both of the sessions below:

Session 1 at 10:00 CET

Session 2 at 16:00 CET