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Towards developing a common language for climate change in the City of Cape Town
This research aimed to better understand and circumvent language discrepancies at a city scale. It provides a toolkit to better understand and overcome terminology barriers.
City government-research partnerships: Reflections from Cape Town and Johannesburg
This briefing note provides reflections on city government-research partnerships, from Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Challenging predominant views on climate change with Theatre of the Oppressed
Theatre of the Oppressed is a powerful tool for challenging top-down approaches. This short film and article show how this approach can be used to build resilience.
The Green Book: Adapting South African settlements to climate change
The Green Book is an online planning support tool that provides quantitative evidence on the likely impacts that climate change and urbanisation will have on South Africa’s cities and towns.
Safer lives and livelihoods in mountains: Making the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction work for sustainable mountain development
This publication highlights 15 cases of good practice in development and applied research from mountain regions, and illustrates how the Sendai Framework’s four priorities can be put into practice.
A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Namakwa District Municipality – Assessing Vulnerability in the Namakwa District
This study used statistical climate modeling to generate climate change scenarios for NDM. These feed a variety of recommendations for adaptation.