A NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AFRICA

Published in 2004, this strategy outlines South Africa's approach to climate change, prioritizing sustainable development and poverty alleviation. It identifies critical vulnerabilities in agriculture, water, and biodiversity, and proposes a coordinated government response involving mitigation in the energy and industrial sectors and adaptation in rural and health sectors.

• South Africa's national climate change response is fundamentally linked to its sustainable development goals, viewing climate action as a means to achieve national policies on poverty alleviation and job creation while redressing the "historic, inequitable and unsustainable north/south divide of the world’s economy and prosperity."
• The country is highly vulnerable to climate change, with the health sector, maize production, plant and animal biodiversity, water resources, and rangelands identified as the areas of highest vulnerability. Specific risks include a predicted decrease in maize production by up to 20% in drier western regions and a potential reduction of current biome areas by up to 55% over 50 years.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (2004). A NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AFRICA. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sem_sup3_south_africa.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. A NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AFRICA. 2004. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sem_sup3_south_africa.pdf?x21779.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centreforenvironmentalrights2004national, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{A NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AFRICA}}, institution = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, year = {2004}, month = sep, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sem_sup3_south_africa.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }