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A section of Quarry Road informal settlement in Durban after severe flooding in April 2019 where research was undertaken by local scientists. Catherine Sutherland

June 15, 2021

Reuters’ Hot List of climate scientists is geographically skewed: why this matters

Nina Hunter, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Andrew Emmanuel Okem, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Catherine Sutherland, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Debra Roberts, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Marlies H Craig, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Michelle North, University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Rob Slotow, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Climate change science dominated by knowledge produced in the global North cannot address the particular challenges faced by those living in the global South.

Living close to waste sites has multiple health risks. Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images

July 9, 2020

South African study highlights growing number of landfill sites, and health risks

Andrew Tomita, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Rob Slotow, University of KwaZulu-Natal

There are multiple health risks in living close to waste sites, with substantial racial and income differences playing a major role.

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