Author:Gibberd, Jeremy TDate:Dec 2017Despite increasing awareness of climate change, there is little evidence of this being addressed in built environments in South Africa. Events such as flooding in Houston, USA, landslides in Free Town, Sierra Leone, and water shortages in La ...Read more
Author:Davis, Claire L; Engelbrecht, Francois A; Tadross, M; Wolski, P; Archer, Emma RMDate:Oct 2017This chapter presents key messages drawn from recent subsets of future climate projections for the southern Africa region. Material in this chapter is drawn from Chapter 3 of Climate Risk and Vulnerability: A Handbook for Southern Africa ...Read more
Author:Davis-Reddy, Claire LDate:Oct 2017The body of work on historical climate trends has been steadily increasing during the last decade. Global mean annual temperatures have increased by 0.85°C since 1880 and are projected to increase by 0.3 to 2.5 °C by 2050, relative to the ...Read more
Author:Tadross, M; Engelbrecht, Francois A; Jack, C; Wolski, P; Davis, Claire LDate:Oct 2017Since the first edition of the Climate Risk and Vulnerability Handbook for Southern Africa, significant progress has been made in projecting and understanding climate change for the region, providing an increasingly robust basis for strategy ...Read more