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Bold action and strategies required to tackle climate change

September 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

The City of Cape Town’s draft Climate Change Strategy is available for public comment from 1 to 30 September 2020. Climate change is a global threat and Cape Town is particularly vulnerable. Residents and interested parties are encouraged to please participate in this process. It is the City’s vision to create an urban environment that is climate resilient, resource … [Read more...]

SA’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy open for public comment

May 15, 2019 2 Comments

South Africa’s Minister of Environmental Affairs, Nomvula Mokonyane, published the draft National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCCAS) on 6 May 2019 for public input and comments. Members of the public can submit their written input and comments by 5 June 2019. This strategy should be South Africa’s master plan to deal with climate change that aims to provide a common … [Read more...]

South Africa’s “aspirational goal” on adaptation

February 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

South Africa’s goal on adaptation is to build resilience and adaptive capacity to respond to climate change risk and vulnerability; whilst providing guidance on the integration of climate change responses into current and future development objectives; through optimising policy, planning, and implementation coherence of climate change adaptation actions. The draft National … [Read more...]

Schools enter food gardens competition

April 24, 2014 Leave a Comment

Climate change is a serious risk to vulnerable communities. Six of the eight threats recently highlighted by a team of scientists that gathered in Japan are being addressed by South Africa’s  EduPlant programme. Severe weather events, such as those experienced in late summer this year, can destroy crops and lead to hunger and famine. Schools that apply Permaculture … [Read more...]

Climate change set to exacerbate child vulnerability in SA

April 22, 2013 Leave a Comment

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A new study is calling for policy makers to focus on children in addressing climate change. Climate change will exacerbate the existing vulnerabilities of kids in South Africa, unless mitigation and adaptation strategies are child-sensitive and timeously implemented. Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Children in South Africa, a study recently made public, highlights … [Read more...]

Robust water strategies essential in this desertifying world

November 4, 2011 Leave a Comment

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GlobeScan (an international public and stakeholder opinion research firm) and SustainAbility, (a think tank and business strategy consultancy) have recently conducted a survey poll on Water and listed the 19 best solutions to the global freshwater crisis from their findings. This survey was conducted in more than 80 countries. Some 1,200 influential thought leaders from … [Read more...]

Critical climate change information not reaching victims

October 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

People in Africa are daily struggling with the effects of climate change and don't understand enough about this social injustice to respond effectively. This was indicated by a groundbreaking report by the BBC World Service Trust and the British Council called Africa Talks Climate, launched recently in Cape Town. The BBC's international charity commissioned this research … [Read more...]

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