HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH

PhD Scholarship Program on Climate Change Research

In Partnership with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) & the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (FPA2)

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The Intergovernmental panel for Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in order to build capacity to understand and address climate change. Its advisory body consists of a group of independent and international scientists.

Established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing climate change.

The IPCC was awarded the Nobel peace prize jointly with Al Gore in 2007 and, with the prize money it received, created the IPCC Scholarship programme for doctorial students from developing countries to study the effects of climate change in their own regions.

A committee of scientific experts from the IPCC select young researchers every 2 years to be awarded scholarship funding.
In 2011, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation formed a partnership with the UNEP and in 2013 the Cuomo Foundation joined the initiative and to date has supported 16 doctoral projects.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; today this mantra has become familiar to us all and its instructive actions form part of our day- to-day lives, activities. It is our individual contribution to the now urgent collective global efforts for a greener future.

In the meantime, climate change scientists and researchers continue to investigate, analyse and anticipate in their work the environmental impacts for the future. By anticipating the transformations to come, they urge governments and official bodies to shape future ecological policies.

Our efforts in this field help young researchers from developing nations to embrace novel methods and tools to counter issues related to climate change in their own countries.

The numbers

Research Projects

Countries represented

Years of partnership

Fundings in €

2021-2023 Scholars

Benin

Gildas Assogba

The biomass challenge: a multiple scale modelling approach to analyze biomass fluxes and production in the sudano-sahelian zone of Burkina-Faso

Burkina Faso

Boubou Bagre

Development and characterization of eco-materials for sensible heat storage

Colombia

Ana Lucia Castrillon

Assessment of reef resilience patterns in response to local stressors and climate change at Gorgona Island, Colombia

Senegal

Siméon Diedhiou

Impact of Biochar on soil hydrodynamics properties, water economy and tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L.) yield in a context of climate change, in the Niayes zone, Senegal.

Senegal

Mamadou Lamine Thiam

Simulation and projection of dust concentrations and study of their impact on air quality in West Africa

Ethiopia

Tariku Olana Jawo

Potentials of coffee-based agroforestry system in enhancing adaptive capacity of local people for climate change and variability: The case of Sidama National Regional State, Ethiopia

China

Yucong Lin

Changes in extreme precipitation related to ENSO events under climate change

2019-2021 Scholars

Argentina

Ana Carolina Amarillo

Modelling of pollutants associated with climate change in cen

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China

Dongfeng Li

Water and sediment fluxes response to climate change in the Headwater Rivers of Asian highlands.

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Argentina

Pedro Fernandez

Linking perceptions and adoption of Silvopastoral systems with environmental variables in the Argentine dry Chaco.

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Brazil

Igor Ribeiro

Fires in the Amazon rain forest: Impacts of forest fires on air quality of a tropical megacity.

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China

Da Yabin

Climate change, ground-level ozone, crop yield and food security in China: Implications and economics.

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2017-2019 Scholars

Benin

Amegnaglo Cocou Jaures

Economic Valuation of Traditional and Modern Meteorological Services for Maize Farmers in Benin.

Ethiopia

Mokria Mulugeta Gemi

Dendroclimatological Potential of Afromontane Tree Species and Reconstruct Multi-century Hydro-climatic Information for The Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Using Tree Ring as A Proxy.

Myanmar

Ei Phyu Win

Effect of Organic Manure and Water Management on Methane Emission from Paddy Fields.

Myanmar

Htwe Min Thant

Phylogenetic relationships and screening of drought tolerance of Myanmar eggplant genotypes.

Sri Lanka

Suranjith Bandara Koralegedara

The role of urban heat island effect and influence of future climate change in mesoscale extreme rainfall events in urban cities.

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Senegal

Aïssatou Faye

Phylogenetic relationships and screening of drought tolerance of Myanmar eggplant genotypes.

2013-2015 Class

Vietnam

Duong Tran Anh

An Investigation of The Impact of The Water Level in The Mekong River and Sea Level Rise due to Climate Change on The Tien and Hau River Estuaries.

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India

Rajesh Kumar Mahato

Assessment of Climate Change over Water Resource of Saptha Kosi River Basin.

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South Africa

Bheki Maliba

An Investigation of The Impact of The Water Level in The Mekong River and Sea Level Rise due to Climate Change on The Tien and Hau River Estuaries.

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Cambodia

Pheakkdey Nguon

Knowledge into Action: Stakeholders’ Assessment of Projects to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) in Cambodia.

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Colombia

Luz Milena Nino

An Investigation of The Impact of The Water Level in The Mekong River and Sea Level Rise due to Climate Change on The Tien and Hau River Estuaries.

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