CRRF SPOTLIGHT INITIATIVE:
The Climate Risk Research Foundation launched the Sustainable Africa Initiative in Nigeria at 10 Universities in April 2023. Delivered in collaboration with The Tony Elumelu Foundation and supported by The Linux Foundation members and a global consortium of businesses and volunteers, the Initiative grapples with a fundamental question – How can Nigeria, as well as all of the nations of Africa – transition into a low carbon economy, mitigate the impacts of climate change, enhance the quality of life for their growing populace, and guarantee food security for the region? We believe that the solution lies in the data, but uncovering requisite solutions and disseminating sustainable strategies across all of Africa demands capacity building and a global cooperative approach – and this what precipitated 240+ Nigerian University Student Researchers to participate in The $10,000 Climate Risk Research Challenge.
The Climate Risk Research Foundation (CRRF) was founded by Brendan Reilly as non-profit (501c3) focused on funding and collaborating on data driven climate related research. The goal of the Foundations research is to help policy and decision makers identify the potential impact and magnitude of climate-related risks and to develop a better understanding of possible mitigation strategies.
CRRF serves as an open source fully transparent partner, acting as a conduit for collaboration between donors, funding sources, researchers, experts, and decision makers from organizations, non-profits, and government agencies. We turn tax-deductible donations and government grants into climate related research project focused on having positive global impacts on society.
We collect, align and make available to partners and researchers the data and tools needed, as well as the insights gained from collaboration between our team and researchers around the world. We believe that through open and transparent collaboration we may unlock the knowledge needed to answer the most complex climate-related questions facing our world.
We combine advanced technical analysis with effective advocacy in order to ensure that the data and insights from ground-breaking research in made available to help decision makers evaluate the potential future impact of climate policies and our changing global climate on communities, industries, economies, countries, societies and our world.
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