Sarah and Mvu recently presented a conference paper related to the PSPPD II research project: Climate change adaptation and poverty reduction co-benefits: human capabilities towards green micro-enterprise.
[photo credit: M. Mungroo]
The UKZN Ndaba (Volume 3, Issue 44, 23 Sept 2015) provides an overview of the College of Humanities panel at the 2015 World Social Science Forum in Durban, South Africa. The panel was titled, “Knowledge, Power, Space: Narratives from Africa presented by a panel of UKZN academics” and Ms Mungroo writes the co-presented paper:
Academic Leader for Development Studies, Dr Mvuselelo Ngcoya, and SARCHi Chair in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment, Professor Sarah Bracking, presented on their ongoing research on Climate Change Adaptation, Poverty Reduction and Food Sovereignty. They looked at global policy agendas, including the Green Climate Fund, Green Bonds, the assembly of the “entrepreneurial self” and the financialisation of climate change, noting that a new power knowledge system was needed.
The conference paper falls under the new Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development II (PSPPD II) project which involves the examination of the full portfolio of current climate change and poverty reduction co-benefits projects in eThekwini. This portfolio includes both government and non-government supported (global and local) projects dealing with climate change adaptation, biodiversity and community livelihood interventions. This is a 18 month project which commenced 23 May 2015.