The School for Climate Studies is a world-class institution for climate-related teaching and research in and for Africa.
We offer transdisciplinary academic capacity integrating climate-related knowledge of SU faculties with public sector climate policies and initiatives, private sector climate innovation and redress, as well as SU’s social impact mission in both academic and applied ways.
Our goal is to create and support the transition to a climate-resilient society and a low-carbon economy.
What we do
Research
Facilitating trans-disciplinary research and modelling capacities to advance the understanding of climate for adaptation and mitigation responses, policy-making to create climate resilience.
Learning and Teaching
Developing and facilitating transdisciplinary curriculum through undergraduate and postgraduate courses and programs across multiple Stellenbosch University faculties.
Collaborations and Networks
Fostering and expanding climate-related disciplinary collaborations and partnerships on climate studies and research across Stellenbosch University, Africa and internationally.
Commercialization and Social Impact
Providing climate expertise to industry, public and private organisations. Contribute towards development of climate-related technologies that can address a just transition.
Strategic Research Themes
The School supports a transition to a climate-resilient and low carbon economy through its initial 4 core themes.
Climate Policy, Communication, Networks
Planetary Health
Climate Impacts & Adaption
Mitigation Risks & Solutions
News Highlights
Three PhD bursaries in marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)
The School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University (www.climate.sun.ac.za ) in collaboration with the Southern Ocean Carbon Climate Observatory (SOCCO) at CSIR, DFFE: Oceans and Coasts Branch, and SAEON and UKZN is building a new research programme to support...
Summer School: Climate, Migration and Health Nexus: Mechanisms of Mitigation, Adaptation, Loss and Damage
The School for Climate Studies, in collaboration with of CliMigHealth, the international Thematic Network at Ghent University, will be hosting a summer school to explore the critical nexus of climate change, migration, and health. The summer school will take place...
Annual Research Meeting celebrates research in biological invasions and climate change
The School for Climate Studies (SCS) and the Centre for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) hosted their first combined Annual Research Meeting on 13 and 14 November 2024 in Stellenbosch. SCS and C·I·B’s Director, Prof Guy Midgley, kicked off the meeting by emphasising the...