UCT Sustainability and the SDGs 2022 - Report - Page 37
Teaching the environment:
Environmental Humanities
South
The Environmental Humanities South (EHS) at
UCT is a multi- and transdisciplinary research
and teaching centre. In response to a global and
institutional call for the decolonisation of research,
teaching and practice, EHS has provided integrated
and responsive curricula that enables ‘big picture
thinking’ to students around environmental issues
and tackling climate change.
Since 2015, 50 postgraduate
students from more than 15 African
countries have come through the
UCT Environmental Humanities South
research and teaching centre.
Pathways for a Just Urban
Transition in South Africa
South Africa is a fast-urbanising country. Recognising the codependence between the national climate ambition and a just
urban transition, South Africa’s Cities Support Programme,
the Presidential Climate Commission, and the World Bank
jointly commissioned UCT’s African Centre for Cities to
compile a Just Urban Transition discussion paper.
Pathways for a Just
Urban Transition in South
Africa
This paper, published in
2022, marks the start of
a process to determine
what South Africa’s cities
might contribute to a
just transition, why this
matters, and how it can be
achieved.
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Left: Solar panels at the UCT
Graça Machel women’s residence.
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