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dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis, Anél
dc.contributor.authorKotzé, Louis J
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-13T09:59:56Z
dc.date.available2017-02-13T09:59:56Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationdu 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.issn0021-8553
dc.identifier.issn1464-3731(online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/20309
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855314000047
dc.description.abstractDeparting 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.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University pressen_US
dc.titleThe Heat is on: local government and climate governance in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID11731958 - Du Plessis, Alida Anél
dc.contributor.researchID10951164 - Kotzé, Louis Jacobus


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