Pan-African and transdisciplinary lens on the margins: Tackling the risks of extreme events (PALM-TREEs)

This project addresses stakeholder and community needs across six countries to identify the consequences of extreme events as experienced by marginalized people. The project will extend beyond the characterization and modelling of physical anomalies (which consider extreme events in terms of their occurrence, intensity, and frequency) to examining when and why these events are considered “extreme” by the communities and how they contribute to their vulnerability. This knowledge will be integrated into the work of the local stakeholders in charge of preparedness and adaptation plans and into their inclusive design and implementation. The hypothesis is that more inclusive implementation of these plans will contribute to reducing inequalities rather than perpetrating them.