dc.contributor.author | Du Plessis, Anél | |
dc.contributor.author | Kotzé, Louis J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-13T09:59:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-13T09:59:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | du Plessis, A. & Kotzé, L. J. 2014. The Heat is on: local government and climate governance in South Africa. Journal of African law, 58(1):145-174. [https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855314000047] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0021-8553 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1464-3731(online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/20309 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855314000047 | |
dc.description.abstract | Departing from the fact that climate change poses localized effects, this article crit-
ically considers from a legal perspective the role of local authorities in the South
African government’s response to climate change. A brief review of the relevance
of climate mitigation and adaptation is followed by an explanation of what these
concepts mean for local government. The article then discusses the extent to
which the country’s environmental and local government law and policy framework
provides for municipalities’ participation and involvement in climate governance.
The article identifies strengths and weaknesses in relation to the local sphere of gov-
ernment’s formal involvement in climate governance vis-à-vis authorities in the pro-
vincial and national spheres. It concludes that, as a result of their proximity to the
effects of climate change, municipalities have a critically important role to play in
the climate governance effort, despite the patchwork of environmental and local
government laws and lack of explicit, consolidated policy and legal arrangements
to this effect. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University press | en_US |
dc.title | The Heat is on: local government and climate governance in South Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 11731958 - Du Plessis, Alida Anél | |
dc.contributor.researchID | 10951164 - Kotzé, Louis Jacobus | |