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Latest News
Building a Community of Practice for Social-Ecological Systems Research in Southern Africa: Insights from the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (SAPECS)
The CST is pleased to announce the release of a new paper on the Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (SAPECS). The paper reflects on the experiences of building a community of practice focused on social-ecological systems (SES) research in southern Africa over the past decade.
Leading global researchers highlight urgent need for a new international panel focused on ocean sustainability in An evolution towards scientific consensus for a sustainable ocean future in NPJ Ocean Sustainability
Despite the critical importance of the ocean, there has been a lack of integrated transdisciplinary ocean science to assess the impacts of ocean change on biodiversity, land, climate systems, and society.
Events
CST COLLOQUIUM: Exploring innovative social-ecological transdisciplinary research: Bringing together the Arts, Science and Technology
Thursday 1 December 202213:00 - 14:00
CST COLLOQUIUM: The Resilience of Wildlife Ranching in a Changing World
Thursday 29 September 202213:00 - 14:00
Blog Posts
2022 NRF Early Researchers Colloquium on Energy Transitions in the Global South
On the 24th of November 2022, the CST hosted an Early Career Researchers colloquium – a day of networking and knowledge sharing on research related to energy transitions in the global South. The event was made possible through funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) and hosted by the Energy Transitions research team at the CST.
CST researcher Nina Callaghan’s Personal Reflections on COP27, Sharm El Shaikh, Egypt
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