How legal action can help the country adapt better to climate change
By Tracy-Lynn Field, Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Law, University of the Witwatersrand.
Massive wildfires broke out in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province on 12 and 13 July 2024, killing six firefighters who were trapped in a blaze and seven other people. The same fires killed 1,600 livestock animals and burnt 14,000 hectares of land. As climate change drives temperature increases and lower precipitation in southern Africa, research has found that there is likely to be an increase in the number of wildfires in regions that are already hot, dry and water-scarce.
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Source: The Conversation, 17 July 2024, published under Creative Commons Licence