BOOKS
Shackleton, C.M., Shackleton, S.E., Gambiza, J., Nel, E., Rowntree, K., Urquhart, P., Fabricius, C. and Ainslie, A. (2010) Livelihoods and Vulnerability in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Southern Africa: exploring the links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation. NOVA Science Publishers, New York.

URQUHART, P. and ATKINSON, D. (2002) A Pathway to Sustainability. Local Agenda 21 in South Africa. UCT Environmental Evaluation Unit. Second edition.

CARNEGIE, J.; D. COOPER and P. URQUHART. (2001) Policy that Works for Sustainable Agriculture and Regenerating Rural Economies: The View from South Africa. London, International Institute for Environment and Development.

URQUHART, P. and D. ATKINSON. (2000) A Pathway to Sustainability. Local Agenda 21 in South Africa. UCT Environmental Evaluation Unit. First edition.

SOWMAN, M. and P. URQUHART. (1998) A Place Called Home: low cost housing and environmental issues. Cape Town, UCT Press.

BOOK CHAPTERS (peer reviewed)
Niang, I., O.C. Ruppel, M.A. Abdrabo, A. Essel, C. Lennard, J. Padgham, and P. Urquhart (2014) Africa. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Barros, V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1199-1265.

URQUHART, P. (2014) ‘Governing the ungovernable? Climate change and social justice in southern Africa’. [Peer-reviewed chapter in book]. In: Governance for Justice and Environmental Sustainability: Lessons across Natural Resource Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. [Sowman, M. and R. Wynberg (eds.)]. Routledge.

URQUHART, P. (2004) ‘The sustainable development of tourism in Africa.’ Chapter in UNESCO Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems. Available online at www.eolss.net 

ROE, D and URQUHART, P (2004) ‘Pro-poor Tourism: Harnessing the World’s Largest Industry for the World’s Poor; turning the rhetoric into action for sustainable development and poverty reduction’. In Bigg, T. (ed.) (2004) Survival for a small planet: the sustainable development agenda. London, Earthscan and IIED.

URQUHART, P. (2003) ‘Complexity and change: the KEN Experimental Tourism Camp at KwaDapha’. In Hauck, M. and Sowman, M. (eds.) Waves of Change: coastal and fisheries co-management in South Africa. Cape Town, UCT Press.

KEY RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Penny is the author of numerous articles, reports, papers and policy briefings related to the projects listed in this CV. Key recent publications include:

United Nations Environment Programme (2022). Adopting a Human Rights-based Approach to Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A Contribution to Sustainable Development. Author: Penny Urquhart, on behalf of UNEP’s Climate Change Adaptation Unit. Available at https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41325

Urquhart, P. (2020) ‘Covid-19 stimulus packages must prioritise the green economy’. Mail and Guardian, 8th April 2020. https://mg.co.za/article/2020-04-08-crisis-offers-opportunity-to-go-green/

Singh, C., P. Urquhart and E. Kituyi. (2016) From pilots to systems: barriers and enablers to scaling up the use of climate information services in smallholder farming communities. CARIAA Working Paper No. 3. International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada and UK Aid, London, United Kingdom. Will be available online at: www.idrc.ca/cariaa

Urquhart, P., T. Pesanayi and H. Lotz-Sisitka. (2014) Climate Change Adaptation in Transfrontier Conservation Areas in southern Africa. Modules 1 to 4. SADC-REEP, GIZ and Rhodes University.

Urquhart, P., H. Lotz-Sisitka, B. Kruger and J. Naudé (2014) Climate change counts: strengthening university contributions to climate compatible development. Volume 1: Knowledge Co-Production Framework. Volume 2: Country Reports. Wits, Southern African Regional Universities Association.

Urquhart, P. (2010) WFP and Climate Change: a review of ongoing experience and recommendations for action. WFP Occasional Paper No. 23, December 2010. Rome: WFP.

Urquhart, P. (2009) IFAD’s response to climate change through support to adaptation and related actions. Comprehensive Report and Policy Summary. Rome: IFAD.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
2016: Invited participant and rapporteur at the Future Earth / IPCC / Provia workshop on transitioning from the IPCC 5th Assessment to the 6th Assessment, Stockholm, Sweden, 29-31 August 2016.

2015: Chair and convenor of session ‘Regional Perspectives on Low Carbon Pathways’ and Session Convenor of ‘Transformative solutions across scales: Social learning, science, policy and dialogues’ at the Our Common Future under Climate Change conference held in Paris, 7-10 July 2015.

2014: Presentations on Climate Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation in Africa; on Poverty and Livelihoods at IPCC Outreach Event and at Media Training Workshop, National Climate Change Response Dialogue, Midrand, South Africa, November 2014.

2014: Presentation on Regional Aspects of Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation from the IPCC’s Working Group II Fifth Assessment Report, part of the UNFCCC Structured Expert Dialogue held at the Bonn Climate Change Conference, June 2014.

2014: Presentation on various aspects of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, Working Group II on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation at a special event during the Sixth Meeting of the Adaptation Committee, Bonn, June 2014.

2014: Chaired session on ‘Securing Finance by Mainstreaming Adaptation into Sub-National Planning’ and presented paper in session on ‘Building Institutional capacity and improving governance to access and spend adaptation finance’, at the Eighth Community-based Adaptation Conference (CBA8), Kathmandu, Nepal, April 2014.

2012: Presentation on adaptation initiatives of international organisations in Africa at the Africa Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) Mapping Day, 6th March 2012, University of Cape Town.

2009: Presenter of paper on ‘Linking community-based adaptation into broader development processes: the vital role of action learning and participatory methodologies’ and chair of session on Disasters and Climate Change, 3rd International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-24 February 2009.

2007: Presenter of paper on ‘Action learning for development: lessons from Africa’; International Researching Work and Learning Conference, Stellenbosch, 2-4 December 2007.

2007: Invited speaker: ‘Sustainable Development & Sustainability Reporting’ conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 24-26 April 2007; presentation on SA’s process to develop a National Strategy for Sustainable Development.

2005: Workshop Presenter at Marrakech Forum on Partnerships for Sustainable Development, 21-23 March 2005, Morocco. Facilitated workshop on multistakeholder Global Review of PSP in water supply and sanitation.
2004: Invited speaker: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, conference on ‘Troubled Waters in a Globalising World: Community, Property and Conflict over a Vital Resource’, 4-6 November 2004. Paper entitled ‘Many voices, multiple realities? Scoping a multistakeholder review of private sector participation in water supply and sanitation’.

2004: Invited speaker at World Economic Forum Roundtable on PPPs in water supply and sanitation, Durban, South Africa, 18-19 October 2004. Presentation on ‘Multiple realities? Opposing viewpoints on private sector participation in water supply and sanitation.’

2004: Invited panellist at World Urban Forum Dialogue on Urban Services: Water and Sanitation, Barcelona, Spain, 13-17 September

2004: Presentation on ‘Global Review of PSP: the multistakeholder review of private sector participation in water supply and sanitation’.
2003 Presentation at the Sustainable Tourism Egypt conference in Cairo, 27-29 May 2003. Paper entitled ‘Towards sustainable desert ecotourism: Tswalu Kalahari Reserve’.

2002: Presentation at the Saudi Arabia International Symposium on Ecotourism in Riyadh. Paper entitled ‘Power to the People: Making (Eco)Tourism Pro-Poor through Participatory Stakeholder Processes’.
2001 Invited participant in the Consultation in East and Southern Africa on the World Bank’s Rural Development Strategy, Nairobi, Kenya.

2000: IUCN Fair Trade in Tourism Conference, Kempton Park, South Africa, 23-25 May 2000. Panel member and presenter of Stimulating Sustainable tourism in South Africa – Phase 2 Findings”.

1999: IUCN/TIPS/GEM/IISD Workshop on Trade and Sustainable Development, DBSA, Midrand, South Africa, 1-2 July 1999. Paper: “Stimulating Sustainable Trade: Case studies: Tourism in South Africa, and the Use of IPM in the Citrus Industry”. Workshop hosted by the Canadian International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

1999: West Coast Investment Initiative (WCII) International Investor’s Conference (Feb 98) and Expo (Mar 99), Saldanha Bay, South Africa: “The Papendorp Community Ecotourism Project”.

1998: International symposium of the Association of Farming Systems Research and Extension (AFSRE), Pretoria, South Africa, December 1998. Paper: “Sustainable Agriculture and Regenerated Rural Economies in South Africa: Policies and Perspectives.”
Various other presentations at international workshops, e.g. IIED Stimulating Sustainable Trade Advisory Group Meetings, presentations made at Griffith University (Brisbane) for Australia/South Africa Links Programme Study Tour (August 1998).

TRAVEL ARTICLES
‘A rough landing – caught up in the mayhem of a Bangladesh facing a military mutiny’. Wordsetc, September 2009, pages 82-85.

‘Eating out in heartbroken Harare’. The Weekender, June 28-29, 2008, Weekend Travel and Food Journal, page 6.

‘Private Paradise in a Kenyan crater’. The Weekender, September 8-9, 2007, Weekend Travel and Food Journal, page 3.

‘Shaken and stirred in Somalia’. The Weekender, July 14-15, 2007, Weekend Travel and Food Journal, page 5.