Climate change
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Cities turn to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
Citiscope’s Carey L. Biron takes a look at how cities are implementing the new Sustainable Development Goals.
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Kampala aims to lead African cities in fight against climate change
The Ugandan capital is finding homegrown climate solutions.
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Climate finance receives keen attention in Habitat III funding talks
Last week, a key series of discussions on financing sustainable urban development included multiple sessions on the issue.
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Climate change threatens African coastal cities
As global climate change becomes an increasing reality, a study has warned that African coastal cities are particularly vulnerable, especially to flooding. Global flood damage could cost up to $1 trillion per year for coastal cities; developing countries will bear the worst of the cost. The most vulnerable African cities include Abidjan, Algiers and Alexandria. […]
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African cities can avoid lock-in to fossil fuels
As Africa continues to urbanize at an unprecedented rate there is a great need to build cities that are resilient and can withstand the pressures of the future.
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Ghana’s drive for gas power calls commitment to renewables into question
To deal with its energy crisis Ghana is investing in gas-powered thermal plants with the aim of supplying 80% of the country’s electricity from gas-powered plants in the next 10 years. This calls into question the future of renewable energy development.
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African cities tackling climate change
Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, and Tshwane, in South Africa, are two African cities showing leadership in tackling climate change.
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Green infrastructure: a way to support development in Africa
Green Infrastructure presents an opportunity to rethink the way infrastructure provision and development are envisaged in African cities.
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Uganda: Waste(d) Infrastructures
Jonathan Silver, of the London School of Economics, explores the challenges facing mid-sized cities such as Uganda’s third largest metropolis Mbale.
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It is time to pay the climate debt: financing a low carbon urban Africa
Dr Jonathan Silver highlights the limited, compromised and hopelessly flawed carbon financing mechanisms that are heaping pressure on an African continent at the forefront of climate change.
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Walling in the one percent: Eko Atlantic
Perhaps the dream that drove the construction of the ‘Great Wall’ to protect Lagos from sea level rise is being hijacked to suit the elite?
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Carbon emissions could become taxing for big South African polluters
To cut greenhouse gas emissions and help the country transition toward a low-carbon economy, South Africa has proposed introducing a carbon tax, starting in 2016. South Africa generates close to 90 percent of its electricity from coal-fired power plants and is the 12th highest emitter of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the consumption of energy. […]
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Mombasa – a city under the sea?
Mombasa is known as a city of sun-kissed beaches, luxurious hotels packed with tourists and crazy New Year’s Eve parties. Recent terrorist threats have begun to change this idyllic picture. Last weekend some tour operators had to evacuate hundreds of tourists and cancel flights to Mombasa. But the government has other things to worry about. […]
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Adapting to a changing climate in South Africa
This short film captures the key messages and debates emerging from the first Southern Africa Adaptation Colloquium. The colloquium was held in November 2013 and co-hosted by the African Centre for Cities’ Climate Change Think Tank (a partnership of the Mistra Urban Futures programme), the University of Cape Town’s African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), […]
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Job: Deputy Director, African Climate and Development Initiative (University of Cape Town)
The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) wishes to appoint a deputy director.
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Post-doc fellowship: Future Resilience for African Cities And Lands (FRACTAL)
Fellowship at ACC to advance scientific knowledge about regional climate responses to human activities.
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Job: FRACTAL Cities and Climate Change Project (City Embedded Researcher)
Applications are invited for the position of Lusaka embedded researcher in the FRACTAL project.
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Future Climate for Africa
Invitation to register for Future Climate for Africa online or in-person seminar, April 15.
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ACDI Student Research Fund: Call for Proposals
Funding opportunity for post-grad research costs for students engaged in a climate change and development related projects.
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Job opportunity: Research Assistant within the ACDI
The African Climate and Development Initiative is looking for a research assistant to work on the project: ‘El Nino Ready Nations’.
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Climate change master’s scholarships at UCT 2016
The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) invites applications for two scholarships to fund the completion of the MSc/MPhil degree specializing in Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the University of Cape Town in 2016.
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International photo contest: climate, state of emergency
For the 5th year, the Fondation Alliance Française is organising its international photography competition. This year, the famous French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand will be support the competition and the theme is Climat, Etat d’urgence (Climate, state of emergency).
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2015 TreccAfrica masters and doctoral scholarships for Africans
Fully funded scholarships through TRECCAfrica for Africans to study resource efficiency and climate change adaptation in Africa.
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IPCC Scholarship Programme
The call for applications for the 3rd round of scholarship awards by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is now open. Candidates must be a citizen of a developing country and be no more than 30 years of age at the time of application. Candidates must have an admissions offer for PhD studies or be currently […]
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Research methods for understanding and supporting decision processes in African Cities
The Research methods for understanding and supporting decision processes in African Cities working paper produced by the FRACTAL project, reviews 12 decision-making methods to explore how different approaches may lead key people working in cities and surrounding urban areas of Southern Africa to make better-informed decisions about adapting to climate change. The review covers both decision-making process […]
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Inspiring Climate Change Action in African Cities: Practical Options for Resilient Pathways
According to the introduction of the working paper Inspiring Climate Change Action in African Cities produced by the FRACTAL project, the need for climate change adaptation has been widely recognised among developing countries since the early 1990s. The 2015 Paris Agreement provided renewed impetus for addressing the issue; many countries included adaptation and mitigation commitments in […]
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Climate Change Reference Atlas – South Africa
The South African Weather Service has released a Climate Change Reference Atlas providing accurate benchmarks for climate change in the country.
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Data gap for disaster losses in African Cities
Paper highlights lack of collated data for disaster losses in African cities.
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Preserve urban greenery in African Cities
Many African Cities have less than 10% of their total land area occupied by urban greenery — new paper reports.
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Green Economy: a strategy to alleviate urban poverty and safeguard the environment?
Paper addresses if and how green economy can be used to alleviate poverty and protect the environment at a grassroots level.
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AURI brief: Climate Compatible Development in African cities
To increase urban resilience, city-level climate change adaptation strategies and action plans that focus on the urban poor, who are most affected by climate change, need to be developed. Policy brief from the African Urban Research Initiative.
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Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development
As we move toward the Sustainable Development Goals it is important to consider how development agendas are set, the progress that has been made over the past 15 years, and how current debates are shaping global development efforts for the next 15 years.
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Free ebook: Participatory planning for climate compatible development in Maputo
This dual-language book addresses crucial questions about the relevance of citizen participation in planning for climate compatible development and argues that citizens have knowledge and access to resources that enable them to develop a sustainable vision for their community.
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Case study: disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in Greater Algiers
This study assesses the vulnerabilities of Algiers when dealing with climate change and natural disasters up to 2030, and proposes a set of recommendations to improve risk management capacities of the Wilaya of Algiers.