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POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Sustainable Seas Trust
Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) is inviting applications for a Chief Executive Officer designate, and for Head of Education. Please circulate to anyone you think would be interested in these positions. Chief Executive Officer designate: The Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) is inviting applications from suitably qualified persons for the position of Chief Executive Officer designate who will work alongside the current CEO for a period of time with a view to taking over the full role. SST is a South African registered charitable trust, NPO and PBO with a mandate to [...]
Masters and PhD Scholarships in Climate Change and Development for 2021
Up to six SAF-ADAPT Masters scholarships, two each at the University of Cape Town, University of Fort Hare, and the University of Venda. Up to three SAF-ADAPT PhD scholarships, one each at the University of Cape Town, University of Fort Hare, and the University of Venda. Up to two ARUA-CD Masters scholarships at the University of Cape Town Click to view scholarship opportunites
Resource portal launched for resilience practice in southern Africa
The Resilience Hub, an online portal for resilience in practice, launched today. This central information gateway offers users easy access to a variety of resources including webinar recordings, training materials, podcasts, publications and more, aimed at promoting resilience building in the southern African region. “Until now resources like these have been scattered across the internet,” explains Maike Hamann, one of the creators of the portal. “We wanted to create a central platform where resilience practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders could easily and freely access a diversity of resources catered to [...]
MASTERS OPPORTUNITY: Exploring community-based approaches for maintaining rural water supply infrastructure in Namibia
Opportunity for Masters student Closing date for applications: Monday 7 September 2020 Project background Around 275 million people in Africa do not have reliable access to drinking water. Many communities in rural areas depend on handpumps to access groundwater, but at any given time, one in four of those handpumps is broken. Mechanics are often unaware of failures, leaving pumps out of action for weeks or even months, which can drive people to use other distant, dirty, or expensive water sources. The FundiFix model is one response to Africa’s rural [...]
MASTERS OPPORTUNITY: Exploring sustainable and just food pathways for future Southern African resilience
Closing date for applications: Monday 7 September 2020 Project background All countries have to make decisions about how to manage their natural resources, develop the economy, improve the quality and quantity of food, as well as meet greenhouse emissions goals, among many other policy targets. In southern Africa, these issues are exacerbated by legacies of colonialism, shifting demographics, and changing climates and associated increases in natural hazards (e.g. droughts, floods and storm surges). Increased understanding and evidence of how social-ecological systems behave suggests that a lot of these challenges and [...]