Africa Regional Call (ARC)

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In support of the African Union’s climate, environment, and sustainability goals and priority areas for Agenda 2063, the National Research Foundation, South Africa (NRF) has led the development of this Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA) to address knowledge gaps and priorities in addressing climate change vulnerability across the continent.

Three themes (or areas) of concern emerged from scoping sessions with the community:

  • Area 1: Water – Energy – Food – Health Nexus
  • Area 2: Pollution
  • Area 3: Disaster Preparedness, Responsiveness, and Recovery

In addition to the three call Areas, green and blue economy was identified as a cross-cutting issue and education and awareness were identified as cross-cutting activities to be encouraged.

This call was launched in 2024. The deadline to receive proposals ended in early 2025 and the project proposals are under review.

The Belmont Forum is supporting this initiative with participation from ANR (France), BMBF (Germany), FAPESP (São Paulo, Brazil), FE (African countries on the 2024-2025 OECD DAC List), FNI (Mozambique), FONSTI (Côte d’Ivoire), IOC (All countries), MSRTI (Democratic Republic of Congo), NCRST (Namibia), NRD (Ethiopia), NRF KE (Kenya), NRF SA (South Africa), NSF (USA), ReGIG (Ghana), SNSF (Switzerland), SOI (All countries), START (All countries), TÜBİTAK (Türkiye), and WRC (South Africa).