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Climate adaptation in the public health sector in Africa: evidence from United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change National Communications
(OASIS, 2019)Climate change has potential to affect human health in various ways. Extreme temperatures and cold both result in deaths, while the changing habitats favouring the breeding of vectors could result in the spread of diseases ... -
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 ... -
Climate change adaptation strategies and production efficiency : the case of citrus farmers in the Limpopo province, South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)Climate change adaptation policies and strategies have inevitably become an integral component of agricultural production on a global scale. The evaluative extent to which these adaptation techniques have influenced ... -
Climate change adaptation strategies and their predictors amongst rural farmers in Ambassel district, Northern Ethiopia
(OASIS, 2021)The present study was conducted in Ambassel district of Northern Ethiopia to understand adaptation strategies employed by rural farmers to the adverse effects of climate change and variability and factors that determine ... -
Climate change and vulnerability discourse by students at a South African university
(OASIS, 2018)Climate change is expected to pose grave consequences to communities around the world. It is predicted that many people, mostly in the developing world, will experience shortages of water and food as well as numerous ... -
Climate change in semi-arid Malawi: Perceptions, adaptation strategies and water governance
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)Climate change and variability are a threat to sustainable agricultural production in semi-arid areas of Malawi. Overdependence on subsistence rain-fed agriculture in these areas calls for the identification of sustainable ... -
Climate change knowledge, concerns and experiences in secondary school learners in South Africa
(OASIS, 2022)Climate change poses a major threat to the future of today’s youth. Globally, young people are at the forefront of climate change activism. Their ability to engage, however, depends on the level of knowledge of climate ... -
Climate change, household vulnerability and smart agriculture: The case of two South African provinces
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)The impact of climate-change disasters poses significant challenges for South Africa, especially for vulnerable rural households. In South Africa, the impact of climate change at the local level, especially in rural areas, ... -
Climate change: A threat towards achieving ‘Sustainable Development Goal number two’ (end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture) in South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)This article aims to assess the impacts of climate change towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal number two (SDG 2) as well as examining the poverty alleviation strategies by subsistence farmers in South ... -
Climate Justice: Case Studies in Global and Regional Governance Challenges (Environmental Law Institute Washington DC 2016)
(2017-04-24)Climate Justice: Case Studies in Global and Regional Governance Challenges edited by Randall S Abate, addresses a diverse set of topics related to climate justice, explores the meaning and challenges of this critical issue, ... -
Climate wars and fat wars: a new role for law
(AOSIS, 2017)Public trust in science is eroding because of a number of conflicts. In the sphere of climate science and of nutrition science, a basic methodological difference between scientists has escalated into what can be called ... -
Climate-smart agriculture for sustainable agricultural sectors: the case of Mooifontein
(OASIS, 2018)Climate change is an environmental phenomenon with the potential to exacerbate existing disaster risks and cause extensive human, financial and environmental losses. The Mooifontein agricultural region in South Africa is ... -
Clinical legal education during a global pandemic - suggestions from the trenches : the perspective of the Nelson Mandela University
(PER/PELJ, 2020)The Covid-19 pandemic has plunged the world into turmoil and uncertainty. The academic world is no exception. In South Africa, due to a nationwide lockdown imposed by government, universities had to suspend all academic ... -
Clinical legal education models: recommended assessment regimes
(2015)Clinical legal education (CLE) forms part of the LLB curriculum at most South African Universities. There are many similarities in the approach to CLE, but often also many differences. The clinical models of four South ... -
Cloete Murray and another v Firstrand Bank Ltd t/a Wesbank [2015] ZASCA 39
(2015)The approach to the interpretation of statutes once again received attention in the recent case Cloete Murray and another v FirstRand Bank Ltd which was decided in the Supreme Court of Appeal. The court , in this matter, ... -
Coastal erosion management in Accra: combining local knowledge and empirical research
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)Coastal erosion along the Accra coast has become a chronic phenomenon that threatens both life and property. The issue has assumed a centre stage of national debate in recent times because of its impact on the coastal ... -
Coastal shipping and the early development of the southern Cape.
(Afdeling vir Navorsing oor Streek- en Sosio-ekonomiese Geskiedenis van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Division for Research into Regional and Socio-economic History, Institute for Historical Research, HSRC, 1985)• Opsomming: Aanvanklik kon die ekonomiese potensiaal van die streek oos van die Hottentots-Hollandberge (die destydse distrikte Graaff-Reinet en Swellendam) nie ontgin word nie as gevolg van die afwesigheid van ... -
Cock, J. 2018. Writing the Ancestral River. A biography of the Kowie
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Cock, J. 2018. Writing the Ancestral River. A biography of the Kowie [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)