UCAD is a leading University in West Africa and one of the oldest in the continent. With 117 laboratories and more than 4500 students. UCAD has a diversity of colleges, schools and departments (6 Faculties, 16 High Schools, 9 institutes) such as medicine, political and law sciences, economics, science and technology, arts and human sciences, engineering etc. Also UCAD is very active on and encourages international collaboration. More than 115 international agreements have been signed by UCAD.
The “Laboratoire de Physique de l’Atmosphère et de l’Océan” S. F. (LPAO-SF) is mainly active in atmospheric, ocean and climate physical sciences, but is involved increasingly in climate impacts on health, agriculture and hydrology. There are 6 senior scientists and around 20 PhD students. Each year 6 students prepare their Master degree inside the Laboratory. LPAO-SF has strong collaboration with foreign laboratories in France, USA, UK, Spain and other African universities and has played an important leadership role in networking African climate scientists and oceanographers, hosting several international scientific conferences such as WAMAP (1999), the 1st International AMMA scientific conference (2005), the 2nd AMMA- 2050 annual Assembly and the ASPIRE training.
HABITABLE aims to significantly advance our understanding of the current interlinkages between climate impacts and migration and displacement patterns, in order to better anticipate their future evolutions.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 869395. The content reflects only the authors’ views, and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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