by Katharine Vincent | Apr 15, 2011 | Training
Dr Katharine Vincent and Dr Alec Joubert have just completed the fifth rollout of the University of the Witwatersrand’s short professional training course on Introduction to Vulnerability Risk Assessment in Johannesburg. The National Qualifications Foundation (NQF)...
by Katharine Vincent | Apr 3, 2011 | Commentary
In a paper in Nature Climate Change published on 29 March 2011, Nick Pidgeon and Baruch Fischhoff make a compelling case for a more co-ordinated and integrated approach to communicating climate science. Recognising the challenge that climate scientists face in...
by Katharine Vincent | Mar 31, 2011 | Publications, Short-term assignments
The Institute for Environmental Security and The Centre, Brussels, will host a presentation of the recent publication “Climate Change and Security in Africa: Vulnerability Report” on 8th April in Brussels. The document contains the results of research...
by Katharine Vincent | Mar 27, 2011 | Projects
Kulima, in partnership with the Climate Systems Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town, has just begun a new project in conjunction with Oxfam GB, looking at climate change and arable food production in southern Africa. The project will involve working with...
by Katharine Vincent | Feb 25, 2011 | Short-term assignments
Tracy Cull has recently returned from Pretoria, where she facilitated an annual planning meeting for 37 climate change officers from around the African continent, together with staff from USAID headquarters in Washington,...