South Africa's Green Economy. Effects, Challenges, and Successes

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Environmental Sciences, , course: Masters of Business Administration, language: English, abstract: According to the Department of Environmental Affairs of the Republic of South Africa (2011), climate change is a shift in the earth's weather conditions whereby the most noticeable change is increased global temperature which directly affects the global ecosystem, known as global warming. This affects and therefore alters rainfall patterns resulting in severe weather episodes such as flooding and droughts. In this research document climate change will be explored and analysed. The impact of climate change on health, weather, food security and water resources in South Africa will be discussed, and predictions regarding the future of climate change impact within South Africa will be assessed.