The impacts of climate change on food security and health in Southern Africa

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  • H.L. Wlokas University of Cape Town

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https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2008/v19i4a3334

Abstract

Climate change will have a great impact on Southern Africa according to the IPCC. Two closely related topics, food security and health will be affected by the changes in many ways. Difficulties in transporting food through carbon regulations in air-freight, changing conditions for growing food crops and negative impacts on fishery might occur and will very possible lead to an increase in malnutrition in the region. Changes of the climate will also have an effect on the way illnesses are transmitted and cause a number of extreme weather events which can have an extremely damaging consequence on human living. Two main efforts are being work on in terms of dealing with these concerns. At the inter-national, regional and national levels, adaptation and mitigation action is being planned and imple-mented. Activities at each level are discussed and I argue this in this  paper that currently the most effi-cient way of dealing with the existing and future burdens of climate change impacts are activities at a national level, and enhanced effort has to be made to improve regional and international collaboration in addressing these issues.

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Author Biography

H.L. Wlokas, University of Cape Town

Energy Research Centre Snr Research Officer

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Published

2008-11-01

How to Cite

Wlokas, H. (2008). The impacts of climate change on food security and health in Southern Africa. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 19(4), 12–20. https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2008/v19i4a3334