Browsing by Subject "Climate Change"
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An analysis of climate change, poverty and human security in South Africa
(kamla-Raj Publishers, 2014)In South Africa, climate change mitigation poses significant challenges to the South African Government because it has to juggle the climate change imperatives , with the critical issues of poverty and human security, as ... -
Assessing the impact of sea-level rise on a vulnerable coastal community in Accra, Ghana
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)Climate change and its associated sea-level rise are expected to significantly affect vulnerable coastal communities. Although the extent of the impact will be localised, its assessment will adopt a monitoring approach ... -
Between fancy and fantasy: Nigeria's journey to industrialized state status in the post–COP 19 era of climate change
(Medwell Publishing, 2014)By 2020, Nigeria hopes to be one of the most industrialised countries in the international system as if Rome was built in a day. Corruption, the politics of delay by domestic and international contractors, kick backs by ... -
Climate change adaptation and local government: institutional complexities surrounding Cape Town’s Day Zero
(OASIS, 2018)The challenges associated with climate change in local governments are growing daily. One such challenge is water security, an aspect that draws us to the subject matter of climate change adaptation. This article discusses ... -
Contextualising African women's empowerment in agriculture: challenges from climate change and mineral extraction perspectives
(Digital Commons, 2017)Most cultures in Africa view women's role as subordinate to that of men. The patriarchal nature of human and social systems that are more or less an enduring feature of a typical African society, dictates that women are ... -
A human rights based approach to climate change adaptation in the AU
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)It is evident that climate change will not just have detrimental effects on millions of people of the world, but that these impacts will also have a substantial influence on the realisation and recognition of these ... -
The impact of carbon tax on financial and sustainability reporting in South Africa: the case of motor cehicle manufactures
(Clute Institute, 2014-07)Sustainability reporting in South Africa has emerged strongly in the last decade with evidence suggesting that corporate social responsibility assurance prevalence is growing among the top 100 publicly-listed companies. ... -
Integrating climate concerns into South African environmental legislation pertaining to environmental impact assessments
(North-West University (South Africa), 2017)Along with a globally acclaimed Constitution, South Africa can pride itself as having some of best environmental laws as to date. Since Environmental Impact Assessments became mandatory for projects where a negative effect ... -
Recombinant expression and functional characterisation of a putative clathrin assembly protein from arabidopsis thaliana
(North-West University (South Africa), 2015)The need to develop agricultural crops with persistent resistance to the vagaries of climate change has led plant biotechnologists to strategically focus on those plant molecules involved in the maintenance and sustenance ... -
Rural transport and climate change in South Africa: converting constraints into rural transport adaptation opportunities
(OASIS, 2018)This study explored the implications of climate change for rural transport in South Africa. The article was seeking to convert existing rural transport adaptation constraints into rural transport adaptation opportunities. ...