Climate Research for Development (CR4D) Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting

The CR4D Scientific Advisory Committee(SAC) meeting was held on 17-18 March 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss various issues related to the CR4D secretariat including the election of SAC co-Chairs. The SAC members commended the progress made by the Secretariat over 6 months and rated it as “most promising”. However, they raised their concerns related to the sustainability of the CR4D initiatives after the departure of the current interim coordinator, lack of clarity on the organogram showing CR4D governance structure (who reports to whom and the responsibility issue), constraints in the decision making process with in the secretariat, and lack of synergy and coherence between the CR4D activities and other similar initiatives elsewhere as we all target similar funders.