Cassandra Local Climate Forums

The CASSANDRA Programme is now being implemented. One of the objectives of the programme is the identification, development and nurturing of at least 300 local community organisations over a four-year period which address four key socio-political consequences of climate change: public health issues, gender inequality, migration, and the exacerbation of the effects of armed conflict. 
There are, for the period up to November 2025, 20 Pilot Local Climate Forums in Somalia (3), Kenya (3), Sudan (2), Palestine (1), Nigeria (3), the Democratic Republic of Congo (1), Uganda (2), South Africa (1), Libya (1) and the Euro-Mediterranean region (3).  
In order to keep all interested organisations and individuals informed, we are producing LOCAL CLIMATE FORUM FACTSHEETS which describe the activities in a specific country where CASSANDRA is active. The intention is to give a brief overview of the country in question and the locations of the Local Climate Forums.
We hope that the information we provide proves interesting to you. 

Cassandra chooses to work in highly challenging scenarios, to demonstrate:

  • 1. The importance of local people initiating and implementing community actions if supranational ambitions are to be translated into tangible results.

  • 2. That scientists and technologists have a socio-political responsibility to communicate clearly with, and support, communities facing climate change issues, serving as Science Embassies when required by the community. A network of Science Embassies will be established to promote knowledge exchange.

  • 3. A clear capacity to establish a direct link between supranational, international and national entities and local people willing to fight for their homes, their environment, and their future through effective dissemination of the local community actions’ success and failures and the enabling of fac-to-face dialogue between the different political and social actors.

  • 4.The fact that the socio-political effects of climate change can no longer be ignored, nor treated individually but rather as a complex interrelationship.

  • 5.The development of an effective and accessible means of measuring the progress of actions undertaken at the local community level.