LINCZ Learning and Research Hub
Welcome to the LINCZ Learning and Research Hub! This dynamic platform is dedicated to sharing LINCZ project learnings, following ongoing research, and connecting with like minds as we work toward practical solutions and community-driven impact. We invite you to join us in conversation, in sharing knowledge, and in exploring solutions together.
3 Districts in Zimbabwe (Binga, Gwanda, Mwenezi)
Bringing Change to 180,000 People
15 Million Dollars in Funding from Global Affairs Canada
Research Making a Difference
Dedicated researchers from Canadian Mennonite University in Canada, the National University of Science and Technology, and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility at Bindura University of Science Education in Zimbabwe will collaborate with staff from community-based partners to engage with local communities in research.
Together, we will undertake research to document challenges in communities due to climate change and efforts to adapt and build resilience.
What's Happening
News Releases & Stories
Locally led Indigenous Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Zimbabwe (LINCZ) by Mennonite Central Committee
The LINCZ project will help vulnerable people adapt to climate change and improve biodiversity in semi-arid and dry tropical forests, wetlands, and agro-ecosystems in three districts of Zimbabwe – Binga, Gwanda and Mwenezi.
Farmers helping farmers in Zimbabwe (MCC)
Tshwaliteng Dube and Christopher Magwala are longtime family friends. Their homesteads in the Gwanda district of Zimbabwe neighbor each other, and their children are even married, making them in-laws as well. They've lived and farmed beside each other longer than they can remember.
CMU and MCC Canada launch website in support of climate change research in Zimbabwe
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada, with funding from Global Affairs Canada, are excited to announce the launch a new learning and research hub website, lincz.ca.
Latest Blog Posts
Gendered Impacts of Climate Change in Zimbabwe
Women queueing at a water pump borehole.
(Photo by Ruvarashe Mushure, 2024)
Climate change is disproportionately impacting women in rural communities in Zimbabwe.
Gazing Into the Mirror of Climate Adaptation: An RA's Reflections from the LINCZ Project in Zimbabwe
I'll never forget that first set of interview videos I received from Prof. Arnold. Sitting on my chair at home, watching the interview video play on my laptop atop my work table, where I remote work, I was struck by a woman's words from Mwenezi village in Zimbabwe: "She's bringing the issue of domestic violence, as a result of no food in the house."
Researching climate change adaptation governance: a journey into rural Zimbabwe
As part of the LINCZ project, I spent a month in Zimbabwe talking with people about how their communities are adapting to climate change in their daily lives, and how they collaborate among the actors and organizations involved at the ward, village, and district levels.
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