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SDG 13: Climate Action

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

The year 2017 was one of the three warmest on record and was 1.1 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period. An analysis by the World Meteorological Organization shows that the five-year average global temperature from 2013 to 2017 was also the highest on record. The world continues to experience rising sea levels, extreme weather conditions (the North Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest ever recorded) and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases. This calls for urgent and accelerated action by countries as they implement their commitments to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

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Our projects on SDG 13

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  • BRIDGE Mentorship Initiative

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    • Project

    The BRIDGE Mentorship Initiative is based on the BRIDGE guidelines for good epidemiological practice in epidemiology. The pilot programme has been initiated in partnership with Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium. Our goal is for the initiative to bring researchers conducting epidemiological studies around the globe together. Recent developments in research integrity led by researchers […]

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  • Arfan Ikram joins KIT’s Supervisory Board

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    Arfan Ikram has been appointed as a member of the KIT Supervisory Board with effect from March 25th. Arfan is Professor and Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Theme Chair in Health Sciences at Erasmus MC and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at LUMC and Harvard University (USA). Since 2022, Arfan has also been Chairman […]

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  • Disaster Impact Mapping for Health Facilities in Afghanistan

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    This project aimed to map the risks and potential disruptions to critical health facilities in Afghanistan due to natural disasters, using satellite imagery, GPS data, and service delivery information. By identifying direct and accessibility-related impacts on health facilities, KIT Institute provided national risk and service impact maps to help organizations, like MSF, enhance disaster preparedness […]

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  • Assessing Health Facility Preparedness for Disaster Events in Afghanistan

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    • Project

    Afghanistan regularly experiences extreme weather and geological hazards resulting in a high burden of mortality, health systems impacts, and economic damage. With climate change and seismic risks, Afghanistan’s health system must adapt by identifying vulnerabilities and enhancing preparedness. This research reviewed the existing tools for assessing health facility preparedness. In addition, through expert involvement, a […]

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  • KIT Cocoa Living Income Questionnaire

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    • Project

    KIT Institute has for long been at the forefront of living income research in the cocoa sector. Our experts have actively contributed to the Living Income Community of Practice (LICOP) and the Alliance on Living Income in Cocoa (ALICO), developing several tools and guidance documents for measuring the incomes of smallholder cocoa producers and evaluating […]

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