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The Impact of System Integration on System Costs of a Neighborhood Energy and Water System

Energies, 2021
The fossil-based energy system is transitioning towards a renewable energy system. One important aspect is the spatial and temporal mismatch between intermitted supply and continuous demand.
Els van der Roest, Theo Fens, Martin Bloemendal, Stijn Beernink, Jan Peter van der Hoek, Ad J. M. van Wijk   +5 more
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BRICS and the Race to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050: Is COVID-19 a Barrier or an Opportunity?

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2022
: The emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) have significant influence on the global economic and environmental trajectories.
Lazarus Chapungu, Godwell Nhamo, David Chikodzi, Malebajoa Anicia Maoela   +3 more
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Discovering sustainability: A transition approach towards sustainable development [PDF]

, 2009
The concepts of transition and transition management offer a fruitful context for cooperation and debate among scientists, policy makers, and corporate actors.
Frantzeskaki, N. (Niki), Loorbach, D.A. (Derk), Meadowcroft, J. (James)   +2 more
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Perceived impacts of woody encroachment on ecosystem services in Hluhluwe, South Africa

Ecology and Society, 2022
Anticipating, avoiding, and managing disruptive environmental change such as regime shifts and the impacts it has on human well-being is a key sustainability challenge.
Linda Luvuno, Reinette Biggs, Nicola Stevens, Karen Esler   +3 more
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Most industrialised countries have peaked carbon dioxide emissions during economic crises through strengthened structural change

Communications Earth & Environment, 2023
In most developed economies where decarbonisation processes are already in place, economic crises have coincided with a peak and subsequently declining emissions as a result of lower carbon and energy intensities, according to a statistical analysis of ...
Germán Bersalli, Tim Tröndle, Johan Lilliestam   +2 more
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Exploring social processes in transformation: the case of a collaborative water partnership in South Africa

Ecosystems and People, 2023
We explore the social processes supporting transformation towards collaborative water governance in the uMngeni catchment, South Africa. Using Holling’s adaptive cycle as a heuristic of phases (conservation, release, reorganisation and exploitation ...
Catherine B. Pringle, Richard Meissner, Reinette Biggs, Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Sabine Stuart-Hill, Nadia Sitas   +5 more
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Climate change risk assessment of heritage tourism sites within South African national parks

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2022
Climate change and variability are among the most critical threats facing heritage sites across the world. However, despite the threats posed by climate change and variability on heritage tourism sites, there are limited research and management ...
D. Chikodzi, G. Nhamo, K. Dube, L. Chapungu   +3 more
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Interfacing vector-borne disease dynamics with climate change: Implications for the attainment of SDGs in Masvingo city, Zimbabwe

Jàmbá, 2021
This study used a mixed-methods research design to examine the sensitivity of vector-borne disease (VBD) patterns to the changes in rainfall and temperature trends. The research focused on malaria in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.
Lazarus Chapungu, Godwell Nhamo
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The Southern African Program on Ecosystem Change and Society: an emergent community of practice

Ecosystems and People, 2023
Sustainability-focused research networks and communities of practice have emerged as a key response and strategy to build capacity and knowledge to support transformation towards more sustainable, just and equitable futures.
Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, Belinda Reyers, Ryan Blanchard, Hayley Clements, Jessica Cockburn, Graeme S. Cumming, Georgina Cundill, Alta de Vos, Luthando Dziba, Karen J. Esler, Christo Fabricius, Maike Hamann, Rebecka Henriksson, Karen Kotschy, Regina Lindborg, Linda Luvuno, Vanessa Masterson, Jeanne L. Nel, Patrick O’Farrell, Carolyn G. Palmer, Laura Pereira, Sharon Pollard, Rika Preiser, Dirk J. Roux, Robert J. Scholes, Odirilwe Selomane, Charlie Shackleton, Sheona Shackleton, Nadia Sitas, Jasper A. Slingsby, Marja Spierenburg, Maria Tengö   +31 more
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Hailstorms Damage and Resilience-Building in South Africa’s Key Tourism Destinations and Attractions [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2023
Hailstorm research in tourism remains scant despite growing evidence of increasing hailstorms and associated damages to destinations and attractions due to climate change.
Catherine Kifworo, Kaitano Dube, Godwell Nhamo   +2 more
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