“ One thing I want to do when I reach back home is to set up a climate adaptation unit within the Uganda Railways Corporation because I have realized that the issues of climate change adaptation must be monitored on a daily process so that we can be able to factor them into every project that we implement back at home,” said Ssekitoleko Kafeero from the Uganda Railways Corporation, who participated in the Global Center on Adaptation’s inaugural Climate Adaptation Changemakers School.

The 2023 Climate Adaptation Changemakers School brought together climate change, infrastructure and environmental experts from Ghana, Kenya, the Netherlands, Senegal, and Uganda for five days of capacity building and knowledge exchange in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Designed to bridge the gap between climate science, policy and practice impeding effective adaptation, the School provided information and technical support to practitioners to improve the robustness of the climate science basis in developing and implementing adaptation projects. The School included interactive lectures, co-learning workshops, and field visits aimed at enhancing the capacity of professionals to design, implement and monitor effective climate change adaptation projects with a focus on infrastructure and nature-based solutions.

The Changemakers School was delivered as part of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program’s strategy to embed technical capacity within the institutions and countries where GCA works. More Changemakers Schools are planned in the future to continue this work. Learn more