Research news | 2022-03-22

A more inclusive approach to protected areas

Protected areas must not only expand but also become more inclusive and equitable. But tensions exist

Research news | 2022-02-11

Making sense of a water crisis

New film documents efforts to connect local communities with authorities and push for change in the years after Cape Town’s “Day Zero” drought

Research news | 2022-02-11

Want gender equality? Remove the weight of gender expectations

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science two of our Master’s students reflect on what needs to change, including in academia

Research news | 2022-01-31

Why it is time to shift away from maximizing material production

An income increase and purchasing power above US$15,000 will not help meet basic human needs and risks getting us off track on sustainable development goals

Research news | 2021-12-02

New book on how system dynamics thinking can be applied to economics

For everyone interested in how economies work, a book grounded in systems thinking

Research news | 2021-10-29

Why resilience and wellbeing don’t always go hand-in-hand

A too simplistic understanding of the two can leave the poorest and most marginalised people suffering

Research news | 2021-10-25

Strong civil society crucial to halt destruction of the world’s tropical forests

What is needed - and often missing - is a shared transformational objective and priority to keep the forests standing

Research news | 2021-10-20

Why the blue economy is at a tipping point

A sustainable and equitable ocean economy is within reach. But risks of the opposite loom, according to three reports commissioned by the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance

Research news | 2021-09-22

How can intersectionality contribute to social-ecological systems research?

Intersectionality is firmly making its way into research thinking. What does it offer sustainability scientists?

Research news | 2021-03-29

Time for a radical rethink of resilience and development

A focus on short term economic goals which ignore social-ecological interdependencies fails to deliver development outcomes. A new perspective offers a radical alternative

Research news | 2021-03-22

We are taking astounding risks, warn researchers

New report summarises recent research on the scale of human activity. Inequality and environmental challenges are deeply linked, this must be a transformative decade 

Research news | 2021-03-17

Introducing the Nobel Prize Summit ‘Our Planet, Our Future’

Centre co-organiser of April 2021 summit where Al Gore, the Dalai Lama and Xiye Bastida and others will explore actions towards a more sustainable, prosperous future for all

Research news | 2021-03-08

Gender equality for the post-covid world?

To celebrate International Women's Day, we asked our researchers what it's like to be woman in science, and to reflect on how we can all be allies on the road to equality

Research news | 2021-02-24

Life after Day Zero: how Cape Town can adapt to climate change while also addressing inequality

After the scare in 2018, ramped up efforts to waste less water came at a cost to the city’s most vulnerable. Researchers and community activists gave these marginalised communities a voice

Research news | 2020-12-15

The 2020 Human Development report

Centre researchers contribute extensively to report which unpacks the relationships between people and the planet

Research news | 2020-06-23

Dealing with rural poverty and the persistent hunger challenge

A blanket solution for persistent poverty does not exist. Researchers present three insights for action

Research news | 2020-05-29

What cities need to learn from Covid-19

If the coronavirus has taught urban planners anything, it is that public access to green areas is more important than ever

Research news | 2020-03-31

Inequity hampers ocean sustainability

Marine resources and the benefits from the ocean are not equitably distributed. Ocean economics is in need of a shift, report says

Research news | 2019-11-21

Privileged people, privileged plants

A study of Cape Town’s plant life shows how post-apartheid poverty and inequality is mirrored in and exacerbated by ecological patterns

Research news | 2019-06-03

How green is green economic development?

Poor farmers in the forested uplands of Laos provide a reality check on a much embraced concept