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📢Read our latest #earlycareerresearcher newsflash for updates on ACDI news, details on #climate related opportunities and research! ➡️mailchi.mp/004c0395f979/mont…
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ACDI is excited to join over 1500 #climateadaptation researchers and policy makers at the @adaptfutures conference in Montreal 2-6 Oct. Visit our website for more about the ACDI facilitated sessions 👉acdi.uct.ac.za/articles/2023…
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Congratulations to ACDI director Mark New who has been named a #FrontiersPlanetPrize International Champion 2023! Read more about Mark's winning @AXAResearchFund funded research 👉nature.com/articles/s43247-0…… #AfricanExcellence #climatechange #naturebasedsolutions #NbS
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New article in @SAJS_Official by SA IPCC WGII authors on what the report means for South Africa. sajs.co.za/article/view/1449…
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IPCC produces strongest-ever assessment of African climate evidence cdkn.org//story/ipcc-produce…
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It's out & it's open access! Our paper on #adaptation effectiveness, 3 yrs in the making, wonderfully supported by @CollabAdapt @ASSARadapt Interrogating ‘effectiveness’ in climate change adaptation: 11 guiding principles for research and practice bit.ly/3mrGHl7
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Mark New retweeted
We've just published our Q2 newsletter - check it out at this link: mailchi.mp/arua-cd.org/newsl…
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Join ACDI Senior Researcher Dr Jiska de Groot this Friday, 4 June between 10:00-11:00 as she explores women’s empowerment through their entrepreneurship in the informal food sector in South Africa. Click here for more information: bityl.co/78wT
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We have another packed newsletter this month, with loads of exciting online events and opportunities related to climate change and development on the African continent. Check-it out: bityl.co/79EI
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"Unlike traditional approaches to enterprise development which favour growth in firm size, profits & market penetration; this research found that an alternative approach to development based on individual value creation linked to women’s empowerment is worth pursuing." @Jiskaja
Join ACDI Senior Researcher Dr Jiska de Groot this Friday, 4 June between 10:00-11:00 as she explores women’s empowerment through their entrepreneurship in the informal food sector in South Africa. Click here for more information: bityl.co/78wT
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INVITE | ACC is very excited to invite you to the launch of the new Masters in Sustainable Urban Practice as part of the forthcoming @ICLEIAfrica #RISEAfrica2021 #ActionFestival . REGISTER HERE | bit.ly/3u2MCNO #FutureAfricanCities #NextUrbanChampions* #MSUP
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Are you an Early Career Researcher in an ARUA Member University? Applications are now open for ARUA’s Early Career Research Fellowship. Read more at arua.org.za/early-career-res… 🗓: June 15, 2020 📧: arua@ug.edu.gh #postdocjobs #postdocposition #early_career_researcher
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Join these expert speakers tomorrow as they explore the interconnected issues of climate change, inequality and adaptation. Looking forward to it @marktebboth!
Join the first of the "Climate Change, Inequality, and X" seminar series! Climate Change, Inequality, and Adaptation seminar with Daniel Morchain, Georgina Cundill Kemp, Silja Klepp, and Mark Tebboth. May 12th, 13:00-14:30 UK BST Register here: gck.fm/crcgw
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We've got something extra special to share! "Survive the Century" is a climate fiction game about the political, environmental & social choices humans will face between 2021 & 2100 as we adapt to the ravages of climate change. This fun collab includes ACDI researcher @christrisos
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Mark New retweeted
Did you submit your abstract? If not, you have another chance to... arua.org.za/invitation-to-su…
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In case you missed it: Prof @MarkNewACDI and Prof @MurrayLeibbrand presented on "Climate risk and inequality in Africa" yesterday. If you weren't able to attend the live session, we have uploaded the recording to our YouTube channel. 📺Watch it here: ytube.io/3HKo
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