In Cape Town, diverse climate risks from rising sea levels, droughts, and floods have been shown to worsen the social inequalities in the city. Empowering the communities around how NbS may alleviate risk particularly in areas with high social inequalities, can enhance the city’s climate resilience.
For example, the City of Cape Town has been working on the Green Infrastructure programme, the Liveable Urban Waterways programme and the C40 Cities Finance Facility supported NbS project for flood resilience.
Cape Town team
Tuwe project activities in Cape Town are led by locally rooted experts who provide acacemic and community knowledge and perspectives.
City Academic Lead is Dr Chris Jack, from the ARUA Centre of Excellence in Climate & Development (ARUA-CD) and the Climate System & Analysis Group (CSAG) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). His expertise lies in climate science, climate risk narratives for climate adaptation planning, including NbS.
The Academic Team includes Dr Amber Amber Abrams (ARUA-CD, UCT, FutureWater), Associate Professor Kirsty Carden (ARUA-CD, UCT, FutureWater), Dr Petra Holden (ARUA-CD, UCT, ACDI, PiNC Lab), Alice McClure (ARUA-CD, UCT, CSAG), Dr Anna Taylor (ARUA-CD, UCT, ACDI), and Associate Professor Gina Ziervogel (ARUA-CD, UCT, ACDI, PiNC Lab).
Slum Dwellers International support includes Affiliate Lead Charlton Ziervogel from the Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC), with a focus on community engagement and the fostering of a bottom up approach to urban development. He is supported by Blessing Mancitshana.
CLARE is a flagship research programme on climate adaptation and resilience, funded mostly (about 90%) by UK Aid through the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) & co-funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.
