South Africa dashboard

The following statistics are from the last 5 full calendar years: 2021-2025

Publications

Publications about South Africa

Title	Type	Publisher	Date Sort ascending	Journal
Towards net-zero electricity sector in emerging economies – Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa	article	Taylor & Francis	10 September 2025	Climate Policy
Assessing sustainable wellbeing in Africa through “Years of Good Life”	article		01 June 2025	Environmental Development
Ecological networks reveal important taxa for ecosystem function in two subtropical South African estuaries	article	Elsevier	01 December 2024	Environmental Development
Agricultural resilience and adaptive capacity during severe drought in the Western Cape, South Africa	article	Springer	24 July 2023	Regional Environmental Change
Application of the WROSE Model for Promoting Effective Decision-Making and Sustained Climate Change Stabilization in the South African Waste Sector	book_section	Springer	01 June 2023
Integrated assessment of strategies to reduce air pollution in the Vaal Triangle Priority Area, South Africa	article		01 September 2022	Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health
Spatio-temporal variations in the water quality of the Doorndraai Dam, South Africa: An assessment of sustainable water resource management	article	Elsevier	01 May 2022	Current Research in Environmental Sustainability
Quantifying the impacts of clean cooking transitions on future health-age trajectories in South Africa	article	Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP)	19 April 2022	Environmental Research Letters
Phases of fossil fuel decline: Diagnostic framework for policy sequencing and feasible transition pathways in resource dependent regions	article		16 February 2022	Oxford Open Energy
Using EPIC to simulate the effects of different irrigation and fertilizer levels on maize yield in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	article	Elsevier	01 August 2021	Agricultural Water Management

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Jump around: Selecting Markov Chain Monte Carlo parameters and diagnostics for improved food web model quality and ecosystem representation	article	Elsevier	01 December 2024	Ecological Informatics
Ecological networks reveal important taxa for ecosystem function in two subtropical South African estuaries	article	Elsevier	01 December 2024	Environmental Development
Unintended consequences of climate change adaptation: African case studies and typologies on pitfalls and windfalls	article		01 December 2024	Development Southern Africa
Soil carbon in the world’s tidal marshes	article	NPG	26 November 2024	Nature Communications
The role of agriculture for achieving renewable energy-centered sustainable development objectives in rural Africa	article		08 November 2024	Environmental Development
Groundwaterscapes: A Global Classification and Mapping of Groundwater's Large‐Scale Socioeconomic, Ecological, and Earth System Functions	article		28 October 2024	Water Resources Research
Assessment of farmers’ resilience to drought and its influencing components: the case of Fars Province, Iran	article	Taylor & Francis	25 October 2024	Climate and Development
The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks	article	Springer Nature	15 October 2024	Nature Ecology & Evolution
REDD+: A fine example of worst practice	article		01 October 2024	Environmental Development
A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations	article		11 September 2024	The Lancet Planetary Health

Publications by IIASA researchers from South Africa

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Winners and losers: post-fire European forest taxa abundance meta-1 analysis	article		01 December 2025	Research Square
Transformational Pathways to Sustainability Through Polycrisis	book_section	University of Illinois	01 July 2025
Ecological networks reveal important taxa for ecosystem function in two subtropical South African estuaries	article	Elsevier	01 December 2024	Environmental Development
Jump around: Selecting Markov Chain Monte Carlo parameters and diagnostics for improved food web model quality and ecosystem representation	article	Elsevier	01 December 2024	Ecological Informatics
Computational Methods in Landscape Ecology	article	Springer	01 December 2024	Current Landscape Ecology Reports
Scientific diplomacy keeps reason alight in dark times	article		19 April 2022	Nature

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Projects related to South Africa

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Name	Start	End Sort ascending	Abbreviation	Classification
Framework Contract for Intellectual Services Relative to the Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA)	2024	2028	OECD-Mitigation	Global
HYway: Climate impacts of a HYdrogen Economy - the pathWAY to knowledge	2024	2028	HYway	Global
oUtcome iNDicators to mEasuRe Progress on climate resIlieNce	2025	2028	UNDERPIN	Global
Groundwater for advancing Resilience in Africa (G4DR)	2024	2028	G4DR in Africa	Multi-Regional / Country
National communication strategy - IEA Bioenergy (task 45)	2025	2028	IEAB - Task 45	Global
Empower citizeNs to join Forces with public authORities in proteCting the Environment	2024	2028	ENFORCE	Global
Enhanced quantification and understanding of natural and anthropogenic methane emissions and sinks.	2025	2028	IM4CA	Multi-Regional / Country
Support for global mitigation modelling capacity in light of the just energy transition	2024	2028	GMMJET	Global
UIS-GEM Report-IIASA collaboration on demographically coherent education and literacy statistics	2025	2028	EduCohorts	Global
New Pathways For Equitable Climate Action In Line With The Paris Agreement And Sustainable Development	2025	2028	NEWPATHWAYS	Global

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Projects sponsored by funders from South Africa

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Name	Start	End Sort ascending	Abbreviation	Funder
A comprehensive waste management model for promoting effective decision-making and sustained climate change stabilisation for South Africa	2022	2023	WASTE-SA	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Sustainable aviation fuel potential in South America	2020	2021	SUAVSAM	WWF South Africa

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News

02 July 2026

IIASA welcomes delegation from the National Research Foundation South Africa

A delegation from South Africa's National Research Foundation (NRF) visited IIASA to exchange knowledge on systems approaches to disruptive change, innovation, and evidence-informed decision-making. The visit reflects the longstanding collaboration between IIASA and South Africa.

18 May 2026

African Human Capital Data Sheet 2026

The African Human Capital Data Sheet 2026: Past Trends, Skills, and Future Pathways presents new evidence on population trends by level of education, skills, and demographic transitions across the African continent.

21 October 2025

Education and human capital in focus

From 15 to 19 September 2025, IIASA hosted a Symposium on Human Capital for Sustainable Development – A Focus on Africa. Supported by the Yidan Prize project funds, the event brought together researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and PhD students from Africa and Europe to advance collaboration on education, demography, and sustainable development.

22 June 2026 Cape Town, South Africa

IIASA at the 2026 Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress

17 May 2026 Bangkok, in Thailand

IIASA Deputy Director General at the 2026 Global Research Council Annual Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand

01 December 2025 CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa

IIASA at the 13th World Conference of Science Journalists

Focus

Annual Report 2024

Annual Report 2024: Science Diplomacy Highlights

In 2024, IIASA strengthened its position as a trusted science diplomacy actor by deepening engagement with international institutions and supporting evidence-based policy dialogue across global platforms.

IIASA Connect: Building impactful regional communities

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: As IIASA Connect brings together the global systems analysis community, it also acts as a hub for regional communities to connect and engage.

South Africa dashboard

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IIASA welcomes delegation from the National Research Foundation South Africa

African Human Capital Data Sheet 2026

Education and human capital in focus

Events

IIASA at the 2026 Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress

IIASA Deputy Director General at the 2026 Global Research Council Annual Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand

IIASA at the 13th World Conference of Science Journalists

Focus

Annual Report 2024: Science Diplomacy Highlights

IIASA Connect: Building impactful regional communities

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Human Capital for Sustainable Development: A Focus on Africa and Coastal Regions (supported by the Yidan Prize project funds)

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Human Capital for Sustainable Development: A Focus on Africa and Coastal Regions (supported by the Yidan Prize project funds)

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Pollution Management and Environmental Health (PMEH)

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