For universities to effectively deliver education and research for climate change adaptation, they must be responsive to the perceptions, knowledges, needs and priorities of local communities. This requires working with the most vulnerable communities to foster collaborative learning. The capacity to offer and engage in relevant education and research is, however, currently lacking.

The aim of this project is therefore to build capacity of universities in the Global South for education and research around knowledge for locally-led adaptation. This is achieved through initiatives to:

• Revise existing courses and develop new courses and programmes;
• Recruit and educate students at the bachelor and masters level;
• Recruit and train PhD candidates;
• Support research on locally led adaptation principles and practices.

The project is designed to contribute to the goals of the Least Developed Countries Universities Consortium on Climate Change (LUCCC), including south-south collaboration working with the most vulnerable to foster collaborative learning and capacity-building.

This is a project under the Norad-funded NORHED II programme.