Over the years CSAG has been involved in a large number of research projects. A selection of completed projects are listed below, according to the year in which they were completed:
Projects completed in 2023
Projects completed in 2022:
Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) Phase 3
World Bank – Funding model for climate services
Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL)
Transformative River Management Programme
AAUN Plasma activated water for fresh fish in Africa
WRC Subsurface water in terms of future urban settings
The Co-Ordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment – CORDEX
Climate projections for Cape Coast, Ghana, and Bo City, Sierra Leone
Projects completed in 2021:
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) MOSSAIC SRI LANKA
Knowledge field development of climate services ethics in South Africa
Adaptation Research Alliance consultative process on Climate Risk Assessments in LDCs
Wind Atlas For South Africa (WASA 3)
Zimbabwe vulnerability assessment
RCRCC climate change conflict Burundi
Projects completed in 2020:
The Development of a National Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Framework
Transforming southern African cities in a changing climate
Indicators to Track South Africa’s Progress on the National Response to Climate Change
Investigating Predictability of Seasonal Anomalies for Societal Benefit
Building Resilience to Climate Risks
Projects completed in 2019:
ASSAR: Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions
Feasibility of a climate change spatial risk and vulnerability study for the Western Cape
USAID southern Africa health analyses
Modelling System for Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change (MOSAICC)
Projects completed in 2018:
Defining South Africa’s Climate Change Adaptation Research Agenda
Assessing Sustainability and Effectiveness of Climate Information Services (CIS) in Africa
Improving Methods for Communicating Climatic Uncertainties to Aid Decision-Making
African Water Adaptation through Knowledge Empowerment (AWAKE) Project
Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessments (ATLAS): Advancing Climate-Resilient Development
Feasibility of a Climate Change Spatial Risk and Vulnerability Study for the Western Cape
Seasonal Hydrological Forecasting in South Africa
Defining South Africa’s climate change adaptation research agenda (LTAS 3)
Projects completed in 2017:
Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) Phase 2
Developing a Common Language for Climate Change and Development in the City Of Cape Town
Managing limits in skill for seasonal climate forecasting
Development of Climate Change Country Profiles for 25 African Countries
Southern Africa Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (SAAMIIP-2)
Crop-livestock intensification in the face of climate change (CLIP-2)
Integrated use of seasonal forecast for community preparedness to climate variability
Review of provincial climate change response strategies
Projects completed in 2016:
Chapter 3 of South Africa’s Third National Communication
Updated Projections for the City of Cape Town
Projected changes in extreme rainfall over South Africa
Climate and Health in Mozambique
Projects completed in 2015:
Exploration of attribution for extreme agricultural events in Limpopo
Projected changes in extreme rainfall over South Africa
Scientific Capacity Development (SCD) study – FCFA Applied Research Fund
ClimAfrica – Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa: impacts and adaptations
Projects completed in 2014:
Household Vulnerability to Disasters
Crop-livestock intensification in the face of climate change (CLIP-1)
Southern Africa Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (SAAMIIP-1)
Strengthening Evidence-Based Climate Change Adaptation Policies (SECCAP) Project
Wild Coast Living Laboratory (WCLL)
Visualising climate information
Coastal adaptation decision making in Cape Town
Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) Pilot Case studies
Downscaled Climate Modeling for local authorities (and water basins) in Southern Africa
Climate Science input into Municipal Climate Adaptation Plans 2
Projects completed in 2013:
West African Vulnerability Assessment
Malawi Department for Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS) Capacity Building Project
Climate Change Vulnerability Modelling, Indices Development and Downscaling Refinement in Malawi
Linking stakeholders with integrated climate change data
Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) Phase 1
Climate Science input into Municipal Climate Adaptation Plans 1
Projects completed in 2012:
Improving Seasonal Forecast Information for Managing On-farm Decisions
Historical extreme rainfall changes over South Africa
Climate reports for the DFID Strategic Programme Review
Climate trends and projections for the Eastern Africa region
Projects completed in 2011:
Managing Climate Risk to Agriculture and Water Resources in South Africa
Climate Risk Capacity Building in the SADC region
South African electricity utility (ESKOM) – Climate change and generation