After two years of hosting Scifest Africa virtually, South Africa’s national science festival is returning to its live format in Makhanda from 7 – 13 September 2022! Since 1996, Scifest
The Global Climate and Health Alliance in partnership with Amref cordially invites you to a side event on “World Health Assembly- The Launch of the Pan-African Multilateral Partnership on Climate
The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in partnership with the African Academy of Sciences, is pleased to announce the first U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and
Invitation to an expert discussion on “From novel virus to a global pandemic, understanding the origins and evolution of emerging and reemerging viruses”. Presented by Professor Marietjie Venter, Centre for
When it comes to igniting conversations around science, the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) is proud of its ongoing collaboration with the Science Forum South Africa (SFSA), an initiative of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI).
The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) calls for nominations for the 24th NSTF-South32 Awards. These prestigious awards focus on science, engineering and technology (SET) and innovation in South Africa
The South African Academy of Engineering invites you to a webinar on As Africa burns… can we engineer a safer future at 15:00 on 26 October 2021.
The new IAP Statement ‘Climate Change and Biodiversity: Interlinkages and policy options’ highlights that climate and biodiversity policies are currently insufficiently connected and addressing climate change and biodiversity decline together is central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The South African Academy of Engineering is calling on the South African Government to engage urgently with Lesotho to end the wasteful release of water from Katse and Mohale dams.
The Awards are in recognition of the best scientific minds and contributions within health research – whose work reflect innovative methods and novel approaches to public health concerns, to potentially impact on policy and subsequently to the betterment of the lives of South Africans.
Topic 8: Jobs or the environment? How can climate change responses address the interests of labour? Read more
The contribution of the humanities and social sciences to research and public debate around the effects of Covid-19 and appropriate responses. Read more
In the run-up to COP26 the International Science Council (ISC) is working together with the incoming UK Presidency of COP26 to curate material related to the conference on the Transform21 portal (https://transform21.org/), which features blogs and reports by members of the global science community.
Topic 6: Increasing pressure, increasing pressure, increasing implications for business?
Who produces CO2 and why? What are the options and technologies for reducing greenhousegas emissions? Read more