ABOUT ASCEND
Our Mission

ASCEND is dedicated to accelerating discoveries that drive faster, more equitable, and sustained action on climate change and development, especially for vulnerable communities and regions.

What ASCEND Does

ASCEND provides specialized infrastructure to support collaborative efforts across research, policy, and practice, integrating diverse data and knowledge to speed up solutions-oriented research that advances climate change and development action.

We achieve this by:

• Strengthening research and knowledge exchange to support climate change and development initiatives.
• Promoting scientific discoveries that deepen our understanding of interconnected climate change and development challenges, while identifying potential solutions.
• Enhancing analysis and training to synthesize diverse data and knowledge for effective, solution-focused research.
• Leading actionable research by African and Global South researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.
• Ensuring that equity and justice are central in climate change and development research and action.