Meeting report : harnessing volcanic and geothermal resources for sustainable development in the East African Rift

This report is the published product of the British Geological Survey (BGS) and summarises key observations from a workshop held at Niavasha, Kenya, 17-20 September 2018. Its primary purpose was as a ‘getting to know you’ workshop focused on sharing knowledge about volcanoes and geothermal in the East African Rift. This was made possible because of a £25k Global Challenges Research Fund grant awarded Prof David Pyle of Oxford University, who linked with Prof Nicholas Marita of Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Nairobi. This allowed 6 UK participants to travel to Kenya for the meeting, and approximately three times that number to attend from a range of countries along the East African Rift.