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Policymakers Relying too Heavily on Predictions of Impact of Climate Change
...In a situation of unpredictable abrupt climate change, doing what we know is in the global common good makes more sense than consuming as if there were no consequences."..English
...Climate change has been positively identified as the key reason that Europe has been experiencing severe droughts in recent years...
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Two Challenging Publications on Environmental Change
...A range of topics such as people and environmental change, atmospheric systems and climate change, and observed phenomena in the terrestrial, freshwater and marine and coastal environments are covered...English
Climate Change Linked to Spread of Disease
...Climate Change Linked to Spread of DiseaseClimate Change Linked to Spread of DiseaseClimate change is emerging as a major threat to health and adding pressure on public health systems, especially in Africa, a senior UN official has said...English
Weather Station Prepares Mpumalanga For Disasters
...change adaptation measures for South Africa...English
Clean Up Campaign for SAs Borders
...We are among the ones likely to bear the brunt of climate change the most. Our continent is one of the areas where the adverse effects will be felt." - BuaNews..English
Mabudhafasi Launches National Environment Month
...This irresponsible attitude reverses the gains we are making in our efforts of averting climate change...English
We Need To Need Less
...The problem of climate change is huge, but small personal action, however inconsequential it may seem, remains important...English
10th Annual Savanna Science Network Meeting in Kruger
...Topics covered include biodiversity, rivers, wetlands and freshwater management, climate change effects and anticipated ecosystem responses, large mammal ecosystem drivers and their mechanisms of change, as well as tourism, land use and land use change..English
Volunteers Needed to Map The Distribution of Mopane Trees
...It has been predicted that with the progression of climate change, the distribution of mopane trees will change dramatically...English
When African Animals Hit the Hay
...This has implications for the future of our planet as climate and ecology change as a result of human activities - not only climate change, but land-use change such as agriculture and desertification," he adds...English
Tinkering with the Science of Climate Change
...Read more interesting articles about Climate Change..English
Sustainable Development Strategy For SA Coming Soon
...He said, "South Africa's local governments are starting to realise their responsibilities in combating climate change, and in so doing are contributing to sustainable development on a regional and global scale."..English
Cities and Climate Change
...UN Habitat: Global report on Human Settlement 2009Read more interesting articles about Climate Change..English
Zuma Supports Green Economy
...Our move towards a green economy is part of the country's long term plan to grow the economy while mitigating the effects of climate change," said Sonjica...English
New Flux Tower in Kruger National Park
...According to Dr Bob Scholes of the Council for Scientific Research (CSIR) in the SAEON newsletter, Africa is a region highly vulnerable to climate change due to ecological and socio-economic factors, but it is the region least covered by studies on climate..English
Environmental Change Re-draws Atlas of Africa
...emissions, its inhabitants are poised to suffer disproportionately from the consequences of global climate change...English
Save the Elephants - South Africa Foundation
...change and escalating poaching may paint a very different future for elephants.One of the effects that global climate change can bring about is a predicted loss of area covered by current biomes in South Africa by up to 50% in 50 years.Alarming evidence..English
The Dangers Posed By Biofuels
...John Hontelez, EEB secretary general, added, "We must urgently reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. But we must tackle climate change and biodiversity loss in tandem. Biofuels are only part of the solution...English
Frog Extinctions Clearly Linked to Global Warming
..."Disease is the bullet that is killing the frogs but climate change is pulling the trigger."..English
Trying to Work From the Same Weather Page
...Regardless of what happens in Copenhagen [where the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in December to set new targets for emission cuts] the need for information will only increase." © IRIN. All rights reserved...English
UK Researchers Extensively Map Africas Groundwater
...Climate change will pose a huge threat to this increase; however, groundwater responds much more slowly to increasing climatic variability as opposed to surface water, so will act as a buffer to climate change. ..English
Emphasis Placed on Social Issues at Premier Science Meeting
...change, elephant management, fire research, biodiversity monitoring and change, animal disease, soil erosion, impacts of alien biota and freshwater catchment management...English
