SARUA Webinar Series 2023
Welcome to our webinar and workshop programme for August to [...]
Information Sessions on the HAQAA 3 Initiative
The HAQAA (Harmonisation, Quality Assurance and Accreditation in African [...]
SARUA’s SDGs Surveys and Webinars featured in University World News
SARUA is proud that University World News Africa Edition [...]
Unicaf University hosts International Summer School and Conference
Dear Friends of the SARUA Climate Change programme One of [...]
World Resources Institute: The State of Climate Action 2022
The State of Climate Action 2022 provides a comprehensive assessment [...]
SARUA Climate Change project
The Southern African Master’s curriculum in Climate Change and Sustainable [...]
SARUA and the Alliance for African Partnership enter into a collaboration agreement
SARUA and the Alliance for African Partnership enter into a [...]
UNESCO – World Higher Education Conference. 18 – 20 May 2022
SARUA values the discussions and commitments to collaboration between higher [...]
We need local solutions to local climate change problems
“As a continent, we must move from climate theory to climate action and, therefore, it is critical to build alliances and partnerships between different role-players in terms of climate change. This calls for the inclusion of local contexts and indigenous knowledge in climate adaptation strategies.”
Institutional support needed for professional development
Continuing professional development for higher education cannot be treated as [...]
SADC needs experts to mitigate climate change
Specialists in every ministry and organisation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region should be trained to adapt to and mitigate climate change, according to Professor Heila Lotz-Sisitka, who holds the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) chair in global change and social learning systems. Universities, therefore, need to introduce programmes on climate change in the short and long term to increase capacity in communities. This could ensure that communities are well informed on issues of climate change and that they have survival skills, Lotz-Sisitka said during a presentation at the Southern African Regional Universities Association’s (SARUA) eighth colloquium on climate change held virtually on 22 June 2021.
Towards a generation of climate change graduates
The critical role of higher education institutions towards the adoption of long-term climate-smart resolutions and sustainable development policies in society has been intensified over the years as the world grapples with the adverse effects of climate change, especially within vulnerable communities. In Sub-Saharan Africa, a region most devastated by climate change, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), academic institutions have been working with stakeholders to develop curriculums, advance research projects and provide further training for graduates on climate change.
