1.0fcfahttps://futureclimateafrica.orgFCFAhttps://futureclimateafrica.org/author/karensouthsouthnorth-org/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="V3pwqlZABh"><a href="https://futureclimateafrica.org/news/windhoek-bridging-the-human-divide-between-city-managers-and-climate-scientists/">Windhoek: bridging the human divide between city managers and climate scientists</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://futureclimateafrica.org/news/windhoek-bridging-the-human-divide-between-city-managers-and-climate-scientists/embed/#?secret=V3pwqlZABh" width="600" height="338" title="“Windhoek: bridging the human divide between city managers and climate scientists” — fcfa" data-secret="V3pwqlZABh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://futureclimateafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/untitled.png729524When the Namibian capital nearly ran out of water at the height of the three-year drought that struck the region between 2015 and 2018, Kornelia Iipinge was wrapping up a Masters degree in water resource management. What she didn’t know at the time was that she was about to become a human bridge between climate change researchers in the capital of her home country, and city managers and politicians who have to design policies in order to make Windhoek more resilient in the face of greater climate uncertainty.