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The Heat is On: Local Government and Climate Governance in South Africa

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	du Plessis, Anél Kotzé, Louis J.
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Departing from the fact that climate change poses localized effects, this article critically considers from a legal perspective the role of local authorities in the South African government's response to climate change. A brief review of the relevance of climate mitigation and adaptation is followed by an explanation of what these concepts mean for local government. The article then discusses the extent to which the country's environmental and local government law and policy framework provides for municipalities' participation and involvement in climate governance. The article identifies strengths and weaknesses in relation to the local sphere of government's formal involvement in climate governance vis-à-vis authorities in the provincial and national spheres. It concludes that, as a result of their proximity to the effects of climate change, municipalities have a critically important role to play in the climate governance effort, despite the patchwork of environmental and local government laws and lack of explicit, consolidated policy and legal arrangements to this effect.
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Ending Page	174
Page Count	30
Starting Page	145
ISSN	00218553
e-ISSN	14643731
DOI	10.1017/s0021855314000047
Journal	Journal of African Law
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	58
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2014-04-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal of African Law Development Studies Environmental Law Climate Change
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law

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