Ancois de Villiers promotes the importance of combining natural and social science approaches to address climate-related environmental challenges.
Alumni
Decolonising the African media landscape
Nabila Okino shares how she founded ‘The Continental Approach’, a women-led and African-owned media company for African voices and narratives to share knowledge, promote African experiences, and influence policy makers.
The finalists of the joint Scholarships’ Alumni Climate Change Hackathon are announced
The climate crisis affects every person, every country and every region. Big ideas from the best minds are needed to help tackle this crisis. Between 19 October and 21 October 2021, 36 scholarship teams (representing over 130 alumni from Chevening, CSC, and Marshall)...
Introducing CSC’s Climate Action webinar series
Between 25 October – 19 November 2021, the CSC Alumni Team will host a programme of webinars, delivered by Commonwealth Alumni, on their work, research, and contributions to tackling the climate crisis. 14 webinars are scheduled to take place as part of the ‘Climate...
Driving positive change for children with spina bifida and related disabilities in Nigeria
Afolabi Fajemilo shares how he founded the Festus Fajemilo Foundation to improve healthcare for those with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in Nigeria and the ongoing impact of its programmes and activities
Protecting Malaysia’s biological diversity
Yew Aun Quek promotes the importance of biodiversity conservation and environmental education in Malaysia
Maintaining the Backbone of Kenya’s Economy
Robina B Abuya highlights the impact of climate change on Kenya’s livestock and agricultural sectors and the critical interventions and policies required to support livelihoods, food security, and the economy
Strengthening government policies in the Pacific region
Gordon Nanau shares his work building capacity amongst senior public servants in the governments of Solomon Islands, Kiribati, and Vanuatu in developing public policy
WASH: Transforming a generation through water, sanitation, and hygiene
Chilufya Chileshe highlights the importance of WASH services in improving global health and wellbeing and her work leading WaterAid’s global policy agenda to make WASH services accessible to everyone everywhere
Prevention and control: Introducing new protocols to stop the spread of disease through best practice
Joel Jerawno Myers discusses his work implementing public health programmes in the parish of Manchester in Jamaica and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic