Gauteng Provincial Disaster Management Centre to hold 2nd Provincial lecture on Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate change
Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA)’s Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) in conjunction with Wits School of Governance will on Thursday, 01 March hold a Provincial lecture on Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate change.
This Provincial Lecture will focus on unpacking the relationship between disaster risk reduction and resilience, enhancing understanding of resilience and vulnerability, as well as highlight the correlations between risk reduction, resilience, sustainable development and climate change.
Keynote Address by Head of Department: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs – Ms. Thandeka Mbassa
Launch of the Gauteng Framework for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change – Dr Johan Minnie (Aurecon).
Panel Discussion:
Lucky Ntsangwane
South African Weather Service
Snr Manager: Research and Development
Prof Coleen Vogel
Global Change Institute, Wits University
Distinguished Professor
Rina Taviv
Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Climate Change, Information and Research
The lecture will take place as follows:
Date: Thursday, 1 March 2018
Venue: Wits School of Governance, Donald Gordon Auditorium 2, St. Davids Place, Parktown
Time: 10h00
Enquiries:
Neo Lebethe
Cell: 079 490 8060
Lindokuhle Ngubane
Cell: 072 324 1085
