Media Releases
The just-released 2017 Global Carbon Budget, an annual update on the carbon budget published through a partnership of the international science community, shows that the increase in fossil fuel emissions was lower than that of a decade ago.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) emerging innovators will present their new technologies to potential partners, funders and customers at a pitching competition to be held in Pretoria on Friday, 17 November 2017.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS), an entity of the Department of Environmental Affairs, and the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC), funded by the Department of Science and Technology under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) aimed at supporting the two organisations in delivering on their mandates.
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, addressed scientists, engineers and researchers from public and private sector at the 6th CSIR Conference that took place on 5 and 6 October 2017 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. Minister Rob Davies emphasised that in order for South Africa to be globally competitive, it needs to find new ways of boosting the economy through industrial development.
Presentations for download:
- Day 1 presentations: 5 October 2017
- Day 2 presentations: 6 October 2017
The 2nd edition of the Climate Risk and Vulnerability handbook was launched on 5 October at the CSIR 6th Biennial Conference in Pretoria. Highlighting the costs of weather-related disasters between 1980 and 2015 in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), this latest rendition of the critically acclaimed handbook points out that the costs of damages amounted to 10 billion USD, affecting millions of people.
Dr Sibusisiwe Khuluse-Makhanya has become the first black female researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to obtain a PhD in spatial statistics.
The implementation of the Research, Innovation and Knowledge Management Road Map for the South African Maritime Sector is currently underway.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) continues to take science to the masses by supporting the Department of Science and Technology (DST) initiative of celebrating the wonders of science through the National Science Week (NSW).
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has recorded record-height waves during the storm that battered the Western Cape on Wednesday, 7 June 2017.