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Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in key South African sectors: An input into the Long Term Mitigation Scenarios process
Guy F. Midgley,R. A. Chapman,Pierre Mukheibir,Mark Tadross,Bruce Hewitson,Stephanie J.E. Wand,Roland Schulze,T Lumsden,M Horan,Michele Warburton,Barney S. Kgope,B Mantlana,A Knowles,A Abayomi,Gina Ziervogel,R Cullis,A.K. Theron +16 more
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The article was published on 2007-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 25 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vulnerability.read more
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Vulnerability of the South African farming sector to climate change and variability: An indicator approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the vulnerability of South African agriculture to climate change and variability by developing a vulnerability index and comparing vulnerability indicators across the nine provinces of the country was analyzed, and 19 environmental and socio-economic indicators were identified to reflect the three components of vulnerability.
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Climate change adaptation in a developing country context: The case of urban water supply in Cape Town
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the processes impeding and facilitating adaptation to climate change within the urban water sector in the City of Cape Town, South Africa, highlighting how actors currently respond to water stress and the challenges they face in integrating climate change information into water management.
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Climate: observations, projections and impacts
Simon N. Gosling,Robert Dunn,Fiona Carrol,Nikos Christidis,John Fullwood,Diogo de Gusmao,Nicola Golding,Lizzie Good,Trish Hall,Lizzie Kendon,John Kennedy,Kirsty Lewis,Rachel McCarthy,Carol McSweeney,Colin Morice,David S. Parker,Matthew Perry,Peter A. Stott,Kate M. Willett,Miles Allen,Nigel W. Arnell,Dan Bernie,Richard Betts,Niel H. A. Bowerman,Bastiaan Brak,John Caesar,Andrew J. Challinor,Rutger Dankers,Fiona Hewer,Chris Huntingford,Alan Jenkins,Nicholas P Klingaman,Jason Lowe,Ben Lloyd-Hughes,James G. Miller,Robert J. Nicholls,M. Noguer,Friedreike Otto,Paul van der Linden,Rachel Warren +39 more
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The Influence of Atmospheric Rivers over the South Atlantic on Winter Rainfall in South Africa
TL;DR: A climatology of atmospheric rivers (ARs) impinging on the west coast of South Africa during the austral winter months (April-September) was developed for the period 1979-2014 using an automated detection algorithm and two reanalysis products as input as discussed by the authors.
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Adaptive planning for climate resilient long-lived infrastructures
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the relationship between climate change and long-lived infrastructure according to the different types of direct and indirect uncertainties surrounding climate change, demonstrates the importance of acknowledging climate change as one of the components of the infrastructure planning process and explains how this same process could be reviewed to make it more responsive to the many uncertainties surrounding our future.
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