GC-ADAPT

German-Costa Rican Center for Climate Adaptation and Infectious Diseases (GC-ADAPT)

Project description

GC-ADAPT will support the establishment and consolidation of the binational (Costa Rica-Germany) cooperation structure for research in the field of climate change and infectious diseases.

The project is coordinated by the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM). Head and contact person of GC-ADAPT is Dr. Andrea Molina Alvarado.

Cooperation partners

Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Educación en Nutrición y Salud (INCIENSA), Costa Rica
Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), Costa Rica
Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann, Research Unit Sustainability and Climate Risks (FNK), University of Hamburg, Germany

Duration

1 November 2024 - 31 October 2029

Funding source

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Staff

Jana Sillmann (consulting expert)