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?”, kindly funded through the SAF-ADAPT program. The workshop invited Geography and Natural Sciences teachers, who teach grades 7-9, from across Cape Town to engage with the latest knowledge […]
The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) together with the Hasso Plattner School of DesignThinking at UCT (d-school Afrika) and the Bertha Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship arepublishing a call for Expression of Interest from organizational teams working in the climate changespace. Teams will participate in a bespoke programme integrating Design Thinking and SystemsInnovation for practitioners. The programme includes a […]
One of the sets of activities of the SAF-ADAPT project is to develop and implement a joint summer school research skills programme to build the capacity of postgraduate and postdoctoral students to design and deliver research for impact, and facilitate the exchange of skills and experience between staff and students. This year the summer school was held in person at […]
This year as part of the SAF-ADAPT project our annual joint summer school research skills programme was organised and implemented by the SAF-ADAPT team to facilitate both a virtual and in person event. The SAF-ADAPT summer school programme aims to build the capacity of postgraduate and postdoctoral students to design and deliver research for impact, and facilitate the exchange of […]
SAF-ADAPT PhD student, Ntandokazi Sijabulisiwe Masimula, is investigating alien plant invasion interactions with land-use and climate change in South Africa. Her research project aims to assess dynamics of how invasive alien plant species (IAPS) influence and are influenced by biodiversity and climate change. Ecosystems interact differently with alien invasive plant species, more interestingly in biodiverse regions like South Africa. Multiple […]
The ACDI recently launched an exciting new project, with significant potential to enhance our adaptation knowledge base, understanding and capacity. The South Africa/Flanders Climate Adaptation Research and Training Partnership (SAF-ADAPT) is funded by the Government of Flanders, and is a 4.5-year collaborative project between three South African universities (University of Cape Town, University of Fort Hare, and University of Venda); […]