african climate and development initiative...african climate and development initiative who we are...
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African Climate and
Development Initiative
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WHO WE ARE
• Launched in 2011 by the VC as a strategic initiative, to “facilitate and substantially extend climate change research and education at UCT”.
• Achieved institute status in 2018.
• UCT’s collective response to the challenge of climate change.
• We co-ordinate and centralise resources to enable inter- and transdisciplinary research, teaching and learning in the areas of climate change and sustainable development.
• Also now the ARUA Centre of Excellence for Climate Change and Development in Africa
The ACDI is a university-wide initiative at the University of Cape Town which supports collaborative research and training in climate change and development.
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WHO WE ARE
Our Vision
• Our vision is of a developing world that has transitioned onto an equitable, sustainable, low carbon development trajectory.
Our Mission
• We aim to contribute to achieving this vision through innovative research, training, knowledge generation and transfer, and advice that supports and triggers this transformation.
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WHO WE ARE
Our Goals
• Goal 1: To enable and facilitate innovative inter- and transdisciplinary research on issues at the nexus of climate change and development across UCT, South Africa, Africa, and globally.
• Goal 2: To develop capacity of a new generation of African researchers and practitioners with the knowledge, experience and competencies to function effectively towards addressing complex climate change challenge at multiple scales, and in multiple contexts.
• Goal 3: To promote well-informed climate response strategies, planning, implementation and decision-making through targeted networking and stakeholder engagements, and proactive communication and dissemination of UCT climate change and development research and expertise.
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HOW WE WORK
Education & Capacity
Development
ResearchOperations
Strategic Communications
Portfolios
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HOW WE WORK
5 year strategic priority is to expand this network
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OUR RESEARCH
AREAS
Our research draws on multiple disciplines across multiple departments, institutions and stakeholders and ranges from postgraduate studies to
large global projects
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PILLAR 1
SUSTAINABLE,
CLEAN AND
ACCESSIBLE
ENERGY FOR
POVERTY
REDUCTION
PILLAR 2
ENABLING
ADAPTATION
FOR
DEVELOPMENT
OUTCOMES
CLIMATE COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT/CLIMATE RESILIENT PATHWAYS
SYSTEMS THINKING, TRANSDISCIPLINARITY, INNOVATION AND LEARNING
Place
based
themes
Cross-cutting themes for change and
transformation
KEY
SDG/
develo
pment
related
themes
Landscapes &
ecosystems
Cities/
cityscapes
Seascapes
Water security
Food security
Energy
security
Disaster risk
reduction
Climate
risk
Social
justice
Behaviour
and
institutions
Governance
and policy
Research
areas,
working
groups and
projects
Health
Livelihoods &
well-being
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Health-CC-ACDI
synergies Health CC
Food and water
security
Vulnerability and well-
being
Policy, governance, mainstream
-ing
Ecosystems services
Disaster management
Climate Risk
Energy systems
Nutrition
Heat stressWater borne diseasesWater quality
Vector borne diseases, pollution
PredispositionInteracting drivers of vulnerability
Public health systems
Health co-benefits
Pollution, respiratory disease
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WHAT WE CAN OFFER
• Partnerships in health and CC research projects/proposal development (which includes into Africa through our ARUA CoE)
• Support for postgraduates working the area of health and climate changes (ARUA CoE, for example, has scholarships available for CC research for black South Africans).
• Research expertise in areas of climate risk, vulnerability, livelihoods and human well being, ecosystem services, energy, climate services.
• Transdisciplinary working group and PhD summer schools (through several projects)
• Publicity for CC and Health work at UCT through our newsletter.
• Guest lectures in CC.
• Early career researcher network.
We would like to expand the thematic areas we work in and CC and Health is one of these
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THANK YOU
Website: http://www.acdi.uct.ac.za/
Any queries – please contact us:
Sheona Shackleton (Deputy Director) –[email protected]
Zoe Boshoff (Research Portfolio Manager) –[email protected]
Leigh Cobban (Education Portfolio Manager) –[email protected]
Ryan Fortune (Strategic communications) –[email protected]
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HOW WE WORK
Governance