Climate change
Academic Seminar Series: Cities and Climate Change
Join ACC for ‘Cities and Climate Change’ a four-part academic seminar series.
Scientists must have a say in the future of cities
A United Nations conference seeks urban sustainability. But the agenda will fail without input from researchers, warn Timon McPherson Sue Parnell, Aromar Revi and colleagues.
Resilience in South Africa’s urban water landscape
What does resilience mean – or what should it mean – in Cape Town’s urban water sector?
What does a ‘smart’ African city look like?
Anton Cartwright, Joanne Yawitch, Damane Hlalele, Jak Koseff and Christina Culwick recently participated in a panel discussion discussing some of the key themes covered in the “Better Growth, Better Cities: Rethinking and Redirecting Urbanisation in Africa” report…
Better Growth, Better Cities: Rethinking and Redirecting Urbanisation in Africa
We are proud to announce the publication of: Better Growth, Better Cities: Rethinking and Redirecting Urbanisation in Africa, by Anton Cartwright.
Climate change and Cape Town’s future
Climate change is reshaping our understanding of development pathways, bringing into stark relief how development choices impact us unequally and often in unintended or unforeseen ways as mediated through the environment or earth system. Writes Anna Taylor in this article for UrbanAfrica.net
In Conversation with Anton Cartwright
How cities can best implement effective decision-making processes within the context of climate change adaptation and high levels of informality
Strengthening climate resilience in African cities
‘Climate compatible development’ is gaining ground in international policy circles. What does this mean for African and other developing world cities?
On Southern African Climate Adaptation
This short video captures the key messages and debates emerging from the first Southern Africa Adaptation Colloquium, held in November 2013 and co-hosted by the African Centre for Cities’ Climate Change Think Tank
