Climate-resilient development planning for cities: progress from Cape Town

npj Urban Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Feb. 28, 2023

Priorities and programmes in the City of Cape Town's Integrated Development Plan (2022-2027) demonstrate progress towards operationalising local level planning for climate-resilient development. These developments provide lessons process focus on transformative outcomes cities seeking equitable just development while implementing climate change adaptation mitigation.

Language: Английский

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Resilience in the face of ecological challenges: Strategies for integrating environmental considerations into social policy planning in Africa

Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: July 8, 2024

Abstract Africa faces severe ecological crises, such as climate change, resource depletion, and biodiversity loss, undermining sustainable development efforts exacerbating poverty hunger. Integrating environmental concerns into social policy planning could help build community resilience support development. This study employed analysis stakeholder engagement to identify key issues, gaps, strategies for integrating considerations policies across various sectors in Africa. The found a significant lack of integration areas like disaster management, agriculture, urban planning, healthcare access, infrastructure policies. As percentage respondents, the top issues were flooding (32%), drought/desertification (13%), food security/agriculture (11%), with farmers (35.4%) women (21.7%) being most vulnerable change. Most stakeholders (87.5%) emphasized importance policy, 56.25% rating it high priority. They underscored need more locally driven monitoring, land restoration, diversified livelihoods, change adaptation through enhance sustainability. study's novelty lies its comprehensive approach understanding addressing complex interplay between challenges findings emphasize urgent policymakers develop cross‐sectoral national local that use participatory processes prioritize sustainability, adaptation, empowerment, alignment goals while responsive continuing uncertainty

Language: Английский

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Projected changes in daily temperature extremes for selected locations over South Africa

Weather and Climate Extremes, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100753 - 100753

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Insights on Who Funds Climate Change Adaptation Research in South Africa

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(5), P. 1993 - 1993

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

(1) Background: This article examines the funding landscape of climate change adaptation research in South Africa to understand origin, distribution, and thematic prioritization for Africa. (2) Methods: The used specific search terms query peer-reviewed publications Web Science Scopus databases (1985 2023). (3) Results: Environmental emerged as most dominant area during this period, while Agriculture appeared top four positions among areas both databases. largest number on is generated through domestic funding, followed by United States, Kingdom, Germany. National Research Foundation (NRF) had highest publications. analysis revealed a strong paucity relationship between other African countries field research. (4) Conclusions: Knowledge these trends can inform policy decisions strategic partnerships rest world.

Language: Английский

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Trends and Geographic Distribution of Bacterial Zoonoses in Veterinary Cases in the Eastern Cape: A Ten-Year Retrospective Analysis

Journal of Infection and Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(6), P. 102738 - 102738

Published: March 7, 2025

Diseases affecting livestock can have ripple effects on surrounding ecosystems, especially by contaminating water sources. Their occurrence poses significant public health issues, in areas such as the Eastern Cape province South Africa, susceptible to climatic variations and where people animals often share sources, increasing risk of transmission waterborne zoonoses. Waterborne zoonoses are infectious diseases caused zoonotic pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, parasitic helminths transmitted from through aquatic environment humans vice versa. Tracking is an early indicator potential contamination sources used humans. This study analysed trends prevalence water-transmissible bacterial over ten years, identifying most frequently recorded zoonoses, their geographical distribution, determining animal species commonly associated with these diseases. Bacterial remain a global threat due for re-emergence, antimicrobial resistance, economic impact. employed monthly reports disease Ruminant Veterinary Association Africa (RuVASA) website. The data was aggregated month scale importance summarise trend time. Following this, specific frequently, more than 10 cases reported monthly, were explored. findings this reveal notable rise animals, particularly colibacillosis, across several regions Cape, Alexandria, Graaff-Reinet, Jeffreys Bay. Cattle had highest all three diseases-brucellosis, salmonellosis-emphasising role key reservoirs, compared sheep, cattle goats. provide critical understanding, posing risk, local hotspots transmission, animal's reservoirs that will potentially significantly contaminate shared presence near water. Analysing impact quality pose risks zoonosis spread outbreak needed holistic outlook recognising regress broader environmental implications, which line One Health principle considers interconnectedness between human, animal, systems.

Language: Английский

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Making green technology work for people and the environment

South African Journal of Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 120(5/6)

Published: May 26, 2024

Language: Английский

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Modeling future (2021–2050) meteorological drought characteristics using CMIP6 climate scenarios in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(2), P. 2957 - 2975

Published: Feb. 2, 2024

Abstract Consistent drought modelling under plausible shared socioeconomic–representative concentration pathways (SSP–RCPs) are crucial for effectively managing future risk in agricultural environments. The Western Cape (WC) is one of South Africa’s main agro-based provinces and faces a mounting threat water insecurity due to recurrent drought. objective this study was predict meteorological hazard 2021–2050 based on three CMIP6 scenarios: SSP5–8.5, SSP2–4.5 SSP1–2.6. Precipitation simulations generated by the sixth version Model Interdisciplinary Research Climate (MIROC6) SSP1–2.6 scenarios were used from fifteen stations across six AEZs WC province. Standardised Index (SPI) computed at 12-month timescales. Trend analysis precipitation datasets SPI-values done p < 0.05 using Mann–Kendall (M–K) test. findings revealed negative trends − 7.6 mm/year Ceres, while positive 0.3 observed Malmesbury. These indicate an improvement 7.8 6.4 same regions, respectively, compared historical between 1980 2020. results suggest that 2042 2044, Bredasdorp will experience 2 SPI 1.5 scenarios, Matroosberg 2038 SSP5–8.5 > 2. assist development proactive planning implementation mitigation strategies policies aimed reducing AEZs.

Language: Английский

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Towards a livelihood-interdependence approach to framing adaptation in research and practice: evidence from farmers’ and herders’ relations in Northern Ghana

Climate and Development, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 14

Published: Sept. 9, 2024

Language: Английский

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The Impact of Climate Change on Food Insecurity in The Southern African Development Community

Journal of Developing Economies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8(1), P. 162 - 183

Published: June 15, 2023

Despite the fact that Southern African region is one of most vulnerable to climate change, research on impact change food insecurity in SADC as a whole scarce. We make two major contributions literature. First, we examine how affects group countries. Second, contrast previous studies, supplement an analysis crop yield with other indicators such affordability, malnutrition, and measure. Relying system generalized method moments (GMM) estimator, results show precipitation has statistically significant all four both its linear non-linear forms; greatest followed by negative malnutrition; temperature -whether or nonlinear form- no influence insecurity. However, gains statistical significance explaining movements security after controlling for interaction precipitation. The policy implications these findings highlight need increase availability designing sustainable irrigation programs while also implementing mitigation initiatives alongside those designed ensure affordability access healthy decent meal, particularly poor.

Language: Английский

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Economic risk assessment of climate change at the city level. The case of Cape Town, South Africa

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 118 - 140

Published: March 30, 2023

Estimating the economic risks of climate shocks and stressors on spatially heterogeneous cities over time remains highly challenging. The purpose this paper is to present a practical methodology assess change in middle-income inform municipal response strategies. Building capital-based framework (CBF), disaggregated baseline future scenario scores for wealth its exposure are developed six different classes capital across 77 major suburbs Cape Town, South Africa. Capital-at-risk was calculated by combining relative scenarios, with population impacted city's eight main planning districts. risk assessment presented here provides generic approach assist city managers through an enhanced understanding levels endowment vis-à-vis climate-related hazards time.

Language: Английский

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