138th KUASS: KYOTO UNIVERSITY AFRICAN STUDIES SEMINAR (10月31日）

Some insights into the vulnerability to climate extremes in Nigeria from the perspectives of the margins

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イベント概要

講師
  • Dr. Mayowa Fasona, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Nigeria
コメンテーター
  • Dr. Shuichi Oyama, Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Division of African Area Studies, Kyoto University
日時・場所
  • 2025年10月31日（金）
  • 16時00分-17時30分
  • 京都大学稲盛財団記念館３階　中会議室
言語
  • 英語（通訳なし）
お問い合わせ先
  • 京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センター

    Tel：075-753-7803
  • caasas@jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp

内容

The degree of vulnerability of communities to climate extremes varies according to their geography, economic status, availability and access to resources as well as the prevailing politics (i.e. how existing policies and institutions work for the marginalised). However, the vulnerability of individuals within a community could be defined by the elements of the disadvantage or deprivation complex which include social class and structure, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, disability, age, social networks, knowledge barrier, and more importantly, access to assets and resources for resilience. These factors provide the basis for place-based and context-specific vulnerability to climate extremes. Adaptive capacity and resilience are enhanced by access to the bundle of assets (resources) available to anticipate, respond and recover from climate shocks, including natural resources, infrastructure, economic, social and financial services, information and appropriate technology.

This lecture will provide insights into the physical and social nature of climate risks and vulnerability in Nigeria (focusing on flood, drought, and heat stress) from the results of our ongoing 3-year PALM-TREEs research project. The PALM-TREEs project (Pan African and Interdisciplinary Lens on the Margins: Tackling the Risk of Extreme Events) is a cross country project aiming to rethinking the risk of climate extreme from the perspectives of the margins across six African countries.  The PALM-TREEs research in Nigeria is focused on flood, heatwaves and drought in Lagos (a city-state in Southwest Nigeria) and Kwara (a rural agrarian state in Central Nigeria). Its objectives include understanding the nature of the physical and social drivers of climate extremes, analysing the pattern of differentials in access to adaptation and resilience assets, and implementing  transformational interventions to improve resilience. This talk will discuss the physical diagnostics of climate extremes as well as the pattern of social factors that shape exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity to climate extremes in the communities.

PALM-TREEs website: https://clareprogramme.org/update/kwara-state-inception-workshop-engaging-communities-for-climate-resilience/

講師

Dr. Mayowa Fasona, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Nigeria

コメンテーター

Dr. Shuichi Oyama, Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Division of African Area Studies, Kyoto University

日時・場所

2025年10月31日（金）
16時00分-17時30分
京都大学稲盛財団記念館３階　中会議室

言語

英語（通訳なし）

対象

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出演者プロフィール

マヨワ・ファショナ教授。ナイジェリア、ラゴス大学・社会科学部・地理学科。現在、同学科長。専門は地理学（気候、環境変動、天然資源管理、リモートセンシングおよびGIS）。2007年、ナイジェリア南西部オンド州沿岸における土地劣化と環境変動に関する博士論文を提出し学長賞を受賞。2009年～2010年にアフリカ気候変動フェローとして、ケープタウン大学気候システム分析グループ（CSAG）にて気候変動モデリングと適応に関する研究に従事。現在、国際共同研究プロジェクト（2023-2026）”A Pan-African and Transdisciplinary Lens on the Margins: Tackling the Risks of Extreme Events (PALM-TREEs)”の研究責任者の一人。

共催

科学研究費補助金基盤研究（C）「ナイジェリアの治安機関による超法規的暴力と人々の苦難に関する人類学的研究」

お問い合わせ先

京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センター

Tel：075-753-7803
caasas@jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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