Report Reveals Strong Linkages Between South Africa's Universities, World Climate Institutions

A joint report by the Department of Science and Technology and the Academy of Science of South Africa on the impact of climate change has revealed strong international research linkages, with many South African scientists serving in leadership positions in international climate change research and assessment bodies, reports the Cape Argus. The climate change research community in South Africa is spread across more than 30 institutions, with five research-intensive higher education institutions – the University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Pretoria – dominating research output and the production of graduate students. Climate change-related research and technology development in South Africa is currently funded at around ZAR400 million (US$29.8 million) per annum. This constitutes a growth of about 12% per annum (nominal, 6% real) over the past decade. Two-thirds of this funding is dedicated to research while the rest goes toward technology development.

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