Grassroots
August 2017
Vol. 17, No. 3
30
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KwaZulu-Natal, the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Pretoria) dominating research output and the production of graduate students.
There are also strong linkages among climate change researchers in the various higher education institutions and between the university community, science councils and local and national government, but linkages with the private sector are relatively weak.
Climate change-related research and technology development in South Africa is currently funded at around R400 million p.a. This constitutes a growth of about 12% p.a. (nominal, 6% real) over the past decade. Two-thirds of this funding is dedicated to research while the rest goes toward technology development. Climate change research and technology development expenditure amounts to about 1,7% of the total South African research expenditure, which is high for a developing country.
The full report is available at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/66 and www.dst.gov.za
This media release is jointly issued by ASSAf and the Department of Science and Technology.