A UNESCO Chair in Renewable Energy was established in 1999 at the University of Malawi in Zomba to undertake research activities within the framework of the World Solar Programme. A demonstration solar village, serving 3000 people, was set up in Makanijira.

It is also involved in other research, conservation and integrated management projects, and benefits from the programme on Sustainable Integrated Management and Development of the Arid and Semi-Arid Region of Southern Africa (SIMDAS).

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- Southern Africa Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (SA FRIEND)

- Sustainable Integrated Management and Development of the Arid and Semi-Arid Region of Southern Africa programme (SIMDAS)

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Biosphere Reserves (WNBRs)

- Sustainable Integrated Management and Development of the Arid and Semi-Arid Region of Southern Africa programme (SIMDAS)

Earth Sciences

- Pan-African Network for a Geoscience Information System (PANGIS)

- Geodynamics of the East African Rift System / Geophysical Characteristics and Evolution of the South-western Branch of the East African Rift System (IGCP, Project 482/489)

Renewable and Alternative Energies

- Solar Village Programme More

- UNESCO Chair in Renewable Energy, established in 1999 at the University of Malawi in Zomba More