A critical review of South Africa's policy response to climate change

作者：Kenny Rodney Leon; Ruhiiga Tabukeli Musigi^*

来源：Asia Life Sciences, 2013, 115-127.

• white paper on climate change
• policy analysis
• feasibility
• relevance
• effectiveness
• global warming
• mitigation efforts
• South Africa

This study reviews the policies that the South African government has put in place in response to climate change in order to establish their appropriateness in addressing climate change within the South African context. The purpose of the study was to test the relevance, appropriateness and feasibility of the climate change policy against South Africa's national interests. Housed within an adapted policy analytical framework, a measurement criterion was specified followed documentary analysis of the climate response white paper and other official publications of the IPCC. These provided the required data which are reinforced by a survey of related literature. The findings indicate that climate change policies do not hamper national priorities but in actual fact they are designed to address issues of economic feasibility. They advance the priorities such as poverty alleviation, infrastructure development, job creation, rural development, foreign investment, human resource development, improved health and economic growth. The study highlights internal discontinuities in the implementation of the policy through programs and projects. These require urgent attention if the momentum is to be sustained.

• 出版日期2013-8
• 单位西北大学