Weekly ACDI Adaptation Seminar Series Programme
ACDI ADAPTATION SEMINAR SERIES
This is a series of lunch-time, weekly seminars where we will hear from and engage with various academics and practitioners working in the climate change adaptation space.
Where: Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Studio 5, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town.
When: Every Wednesday @ 1pm
Date | Speaker | Topic |
05/02/2014 | Maliza Van Eerden (CDKN) | Climate Finance: Challenges facing the developing world |
12/02/2014 | Britta Rennkamp (Energy Research Centre and ACDI) | Climate change mitigation and poverty alleviation |
19/02/2014 | Sarah Hayden and Nicola Kuhn | Research findings in the context of the Bergriver interdisciplinary project |
26/02/2014 | Res Altwegg (Department of Statistics, UCT and ACDI) | Decision making in the face of uncertainty and why stats is fun |
05/03/2014 | Darryl Colenbrander (City of Cape Town) | Integrated Coastal Management in the City of Cape Town: Strategies, experiences and challenges. |
12/03/2014 | Joseph Daron (Climate Systems Analysis Group, UCT) | One graph, multiple interpretations: how (not) to visualise climate information |
19/03/2014 | Richard Sherman (CDKN) | The Green Climate Fund: Designing a transformational approach to the delivery and financing of climate action |
26/03/2014 | Ronald Mukanya (CDKN)
| Dialogue and risk communications framework for development: coping, building resilience and adapting to climate change |
02/04/2014 | James Cullis (Aurecon) | Integrated assessment modelling of the biophysical and economic impacts of climate change in South Africa |
An abstract and speaker bio for each seminar will be distributed slightly in advance through the ACDI Mailing list. Please contact kirsty.nortje@acdi.uct.ac.za to join the mailing list.
*Bring your lunch along, refreshments will be provided