International Collaboration for Climate Change Action at the frontlines

Sudan is at the frontline of global climate change.

This proposal concerns the strengthening of collaboration between researchers and practitioners in Sweden and Sudan with respect to climate change action, migration and disaster risk reduction.

The proposal builds upon initial research collaboration to further formulate joint initiatives to achieve the SDGs, in particular SDG 10, 13 and 17, calling for reduction of inequalities, urgent action to combat climate change as well as strengthening partnership.

Malmö University and the University of Khartoum developed tools such as detailed storymapping of climate change impact in Sudan and participatory community engagement with local communities that are heavily affected by climate change. The initiative also developed innovative climate change storytelling using Virtual Reality (VR) video technology.

The network approach used for this grant will be based on offline and online gatherings, making use of Malmö University’s high-end hybrid facilities and VR digital environments for interactive workshops. VR technology is used for online collaboration with partners from Sudan besides in-person meetings.

In 2022, its Communication for Development group, successfully implemented VR-technology in its remote teaching in the MA course on Communication for Development.

The group used a hybrid learning environment in Virtual Reality with partners in Sweden and the Global South which can be applied in this collaboration project.