Sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing more frequent and more intense climate extremes over the past decades. Over Southern Africa, temperatures...
Leading Country Climate NGOs: Earthlife Africa
Earthlife Africa, established in 1988 in Johannesburg, South Africa, is a non-profit organization that champions the cause of a better...
The Development of Voluntary Carbon Emissions Trading Systems in South Africa
Fig 1: Carbon Emissions Trading System Structure (A possible market structure is shown above with a nine-step process from...
South Africa 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...
South Africa’s 2024 General Elections Have Implications for Climate Policy
General elections will be held in South Africa in May of this year. South Africa will elect new National Assembly...
Demands to Address Post-Apartheid Unemployment, Poverty, and Low Growth Limit South African Government’s Efforts to Address Climate Change
South Africa has been experiencing harsh and extreme climate change impacts. These impacts significantly affect agriculture, human health, and water...
South Africa’s Komati Reporting and Repurposing Project
South Africa has climate mitigation and adaptation plans that the South African Cabinet has approved, including the Just EnergyTransition (JET)...
South Africa: Model Community Climate Mitigation Programs
The Province of KwaZulu-Natal The highly populated province of KwaZulu-Natal has challenges such as water scarcity, inadequate river catchment and...
South Africa has a Good System for Compiling GHG Inventories, but the Structural Challenge Affects Effective Implementation
Rating C The 8th National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report (NIR), which was recently published, contains the greenhouse inventory from 2000...
South Africa is being successful in having its farmers adopt Climate Smart Agriculture
Rating A About 2% of the Growth Domestic Product (GDP) in South Africa comes from agriculture. Although agriculture contributes...