The ACDI offers a series of lunch-time, weekly seminars where we will hear from and engage with a wide range of academics and practitioners working in the climate change and sustainability space. See the time-table below for further details.

VENUE: Studio 5, EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

Wednesdays, 13h00 to 14h00 

Contact: events@acdi.uct.ac.za

Date

Speaker

Topic

Venue

15/07/2015

Steven Twomolow (IFAD)

Climate Change and the Smallholder in Africa – IFADs Response – Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme.

 

Seminar Room (Studio 1), EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

22/07/2015

Nick Tyre (C4 Ecosolutions)

Lessons learned from the design and implementation of a large-scale climate change adaptation project in Cambodia.

Seminar Room (Studio 1), EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

05/08/2015

Saul Nurick (Department of Construction Management, UCT)

Green Building and the Triple Bottom line - The Property Industry Perspective.

Seminar Room (Studio 1), EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

12/08/2015

Professor Sue Harrison (Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research, UCT)

Expanding the biorefinery approach: integrated process design for combined waste treatment and resource productivity

Seminar Room (Studio 1), EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

19/08/2015

Emma Lecavalier (Global Risk Governance Programme, UCT)

Energy Transitions in Asian BRICS: Lessons for South Africa and Beyond.

Seminar Room (Studio 1), EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

09/09/2015

Teresa Perez

Waste and status: What affects government and residents’ perceptions of street ‘waste pickers’ in Cape Town?

Seminar Room (Studio 1), EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

16/09/2015

Ian Rijsdijk (Centre for Film and Medi Studies, UCT)

The Language of Fracking.

Seminar Room (Studio 1), EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

18/09/2015

Professor Simone Athayde

Exploring the Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: Experiences and Perspectives.

Studio 5, EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

23/09/2015

Dr Jane Battersby- Lennard (African Centre for Cities, UCT)

How we can build a food security city?

Seminar Room (Studio 1), EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT

30/09/2015

Prof Johan Jansson (Umeå University Sweden)

 

Dealing with climate change: A question of morality?

Seminar Room (Studio 1), EGS Building, Upper Campus, UCT