Assignment 1 Semester 1 2026
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Due Date: 31 March 2026
QUESTION 1
MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN SOUTH
AFRICA
Introduction
South Africa has experienced increasingly severe weather events in recent years, including
prolonged droughts, intense heatwaves, and destructive floods such as the 2022 KwaZulu-
Natal disaster. These extreme events have disrupted infrastructure, damaged agricultural
production, and slowed economic development. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC, 2023) confirms that Southern Africa is warming faster than the global
average, increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall and drought cycles.
Recent attribution studies further demonstrate that anthropogenic climate change
significantly increased the severity of the Durban floods (Engelbrecht, 2025).
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