Climate change literacy in early education
Dr Sarah Otanga explores climate change literacy in early education as part of her research fellowship hosted by Future Africa at the University of Pretoria.
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Call for Applications: PhD scholarship grants 2026 (UKUDLA)
The African German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science, which is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) in Germany offers scholarships to German and African applicants to support a PhD-thesis research projects in Southern Africa in cooperation with one of our partner institutions.
Africa’s health in a warming world – Evidence, urgency and what to do next
Prof Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi explains why health and climate action must go hand in hand with Africa’s development goals, and why bold, unified leadership is urgent, as Africa warms at twice the global average and the health consequences are staggering.
Future Africa to support new Africa–Asia partnership on innovation, skills and leadership development
Future Africa will help implement a new UP–AfDB–University of Tokyo partnership, signed on 14 November 2025, to advance Africa–Asia collaboration on innovation, leadership development and sustainable industrialisation.
Future Africa introduces new cohort of research fellows from 10 African countries
Future Africa at the University of Pretoria introduces 22 outstanding early-career researchers as the second cohort of the FAR-LeaF Fellowship. Supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the programme builds research leadership, collaboration and transdisciplinary skills to address Africa’s most complex sustainability challenges.
Lancet Countdown Africa publishes landmark report on Climate Change and Health in Africa
Lancet Countdown Africa, hosted at Future Africa at the University of Pretoria, has published a landmark health policy report detailing how climate change is intensifying economic losses, driving food and health insecurity, and slowing progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals across the continent.
Future Africa’s One Health Chair strengthens Africa’s voice in global health leadership
Professor Wanda Markotter, Future Africa’s One Health Chair at UP, advances Africa’s role in global health governance through high-level engagements in Berlin and Geneva.
New Future Africa learning lab reimagines people–nature relations in Africa
Future Africa has launched the African Political Ecologies Learning Lab, creating a space for African scholars to explore people–nature relations and strengthen locally grounded sustainability research. Interested researchers can contact
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Africa has been managing climate volatility for decades – what the world can learn
Professor Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi of Lancet Countdown Africa and UNU REACH-AFRICA at Future Africa, University of Pretoria, reflects on what Africa’s lived experience in climate adaptation and resilience can offer the rest of the world.