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Stellenbosch University (SU) has announced the establishment of a new School for Climate Studies, which will be officially launched in June 2021.
This report presents how the Knysna fires were arguably the worst wildfire disaster in South Africa’s history. The social and economic impacts will be felt by Knysna and its inhabitants for years to come.
The world's largest informal settlement fire experiment consisting of twenty homes was conducted by the Fire Engineering Research Unit at Stellenbosch University.
LocationDar es Salaam
About this course:
Transforming Development: The Science and Practice of Resilience Thinking explores how concepts from resilience may help us re-think and transform current development practice.
This report presents the findings of the survey to assess the risk and vulnerability context of backyard dwellers in Klapmuts, South Africa.
This report documents the preliminary scoping exercise, several days of field work and subsequent additional research of a community risk assessment in Los Angeles, Cape Town.
Thanks to a $4.1 million award from USAID to Stellenbosch University, a new collaboration aims to establish "jump-start" strategic disaster risk capacity-building capabilities across the continent and to advance academic action on risk and vulnerability reduction. The grant will allow 12 African universities to take forward an ambitious disaster risk management agenda.
Voluntary Commitments
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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