by nhanke | Sep 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
High level conference on Challenges for Energy Security in Namibia and Southern Africa, 11 September 2014 at the NamPower Convention Centre, Windhoek, Namibia. From left to right: Hon. Ben Amathila, Member of Parliament, Republic of Namibia; Dr Bernd Althusmann,...
by nhanke | Sep 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
August 29, 2014 | Post-2015 | By Elke Weesjes UNITED NATIONS, MEDIAGLOBAL News – The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which will kick off in just a few days, will not address the issue of creating a new category of...
by nhanke | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
DROP Programme Manager, Prof. Oliver Ruppel, attended the High Level Climate Finance Awareness Raising Event, Windhoek, Namibia on 13 Aug 2014. From left to right: Prof. Dr. Oliver Ruppel, professor of law and Director of DROP at the University of Stellenbosch, South...
by nhanke | Jun 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Read Prof. Ruppel’s article on human migration based on the IPCC’s recently launched 5th Assessment Report (AR5) on Climate Change. For the full article: CLICK HERE
by nhanke | May 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
The DROP Programme Manger presented a paper on “Climate Change, human vulnerability and impacts” last week at the Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation, Natural Hazards, Climate Change and Cross-Border Displacement in the Greater Horn of Africa:...
by nhanke | May 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
DROP is happy to announce that Prof. Ruppel, the Programme Manager, has been appointed to the Sahel Consortium. A research project on the Sahel is necessary and urgent. The region is getting more and more unstable, as is the risk of seeing the number of failed and...
