by Sino | Jun 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Candice Arendse and Noel Oettlé The Bonn Climate Change Conference convened from 8-18 May 2017 at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany. This was an important stepping-stone in the negotiations between COP 22 and this year’s COP 23, and included a number of subsidiary...
by Sino | Jun 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Shakespear Mudombi This news article is an extract from the paper ‘The use of and obstacles to social learning in climate change adaptation initiatives in South Africa’, published in Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 9(1), by Mudombi S, Fabricius C, Van...
by Sino | Jun 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Claire Davis and Katharine Vincent The 2nd edition of the “Climate Risk and Vulnerability Handbook for Southern Africa” presents the latest available scientific knowledge on the nature of climate change and its implications for southern Africa. The handbook serves...
by Sino | Jun 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Mpfunzeni Tshindane and Candice Arendse The uMngeni Resilience Project (URP), funded by the Adaptation Fund, aims to increase the resilience of vulnerable communities to extreme weather-related events such as flooding, storms and droughts. Focussing on the...