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UCT project addresses heat risks in vulnerable communities

ACDI-based research project, Heat Adaptation Benefits for Vulnerable groups In Africa (HABVIA), recently participated in the HeatNexus convening, highlighting its work on heat adaptation in vulnerable communitie
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Precious Chidanyika, Nadine Nyamangirazi, and Danjelle Midgley at the 2024 SDG Summer School in Geneva.

UCT students excel at SDG Summer School and Olympiad

Three University of Cape Town (UCT) students, supported by the ALBATROSS Project, have made a significant impact at the 2024 SDG Summer School in Geneva and the subsequent SDG Olympiad in Paris.
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BLOG: Bridging the Gap Between Climate Risk Recognition and Action in South Africa’s Agro-Food Sector

Koaile Monaheng, ACDI Master student, highlights his research into the gap between climate risk recognition and action in South Africa’s Agro-Food Sector.
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Women’s Month: Floods expose plight, pain of ‘powerless’ Khayelitsha women

UCT newsroom sat down with ACDI's Palesa Base to discuss her latest research paper, which honed in on adverse weather and unpacked the plight of women living in Khayelitsha during flood events.
07 Aug 2024
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Evaluating the application of design thinking and systems thinking for climate adaptation and resilience

The Design for Climate Solutions (D4CS) Programme is a pilot initiative that aims to foster co-creation and innovations that address climate adaptation and resilience challenges.
23 Jul 2024
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ACDI Film Festival Screening Event Highlighted the Impacts of Climate Change

In October 2023, the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) hosted a special screening of the 2023 Africa Human Rights Film Festival.
21 May 2024
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Experts lead webinar on land surface modelling for nature-based solutions

The TES NbS project and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), recently spearheaded a webinar and workshop introducing state-of-the-art land surface modelling methodologies and their relevance to nature-based solutions.
09 Apr 2024
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Understanding the role of nature-based adaptation in human mobility and immobility

Research led by Nicholas Simpson, along with a team at UCT’s ACDI, emphasises the urgent need for a comprehensive study on how climate change impacts mobility.
19 Mar 2024
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What climate change means for South Africa and its people

A new climate change impact synthesis report titled, “Climate change impacts in South Africa: What climate change means for a country and its people”, highlights the impacts of climate change on South Africa.
11 Mar 2024
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Joint professorships and fellowships awarded to UCT and UoB scholars

Two University of Cape Town (UCT) scholars have been awarded joint professorships and fellowships to work with academics at the University of Bristol (UoB) and create opportunities for deep collaborative research.
16 Feb 2024
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Highlighting stories of social (in)equity in nature-based solutions

The TES NbS project recently released a compilation of stories from across Africa that highlight factors that constrain or enable social equity in nature-based solutions.
08 Dec 2023
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ACDI hosts climate change focused workshop for local teachers

The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) recently partnered with the Marine and Antarctic Research for Innovation and Sustainability (MARiS) to host an interactive workshop entitled “How can we survive the century?”.
13 Nov 2023

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