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Access to water - the impact of climate change in small municipalities

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2007 The key objective of this case study is to demonstrate the affect of projected climate change impacts on the local water supply of a small town and the related financial consequences in terms of water pricing and access. While the delivery ... Read more
Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change: the city of Cape Town

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre ; Ziervogel, Gina Date: 2007 Climate change increases the likelihood of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and heat waves, as well as more gradual changes in temperature and precipitation. The city of Cape Town (South Africa) is at risk from projected ... Read more
Electricity supply options, sustainable development and climate change priorities: case studies for South Africa

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Mwakasonda, Stanford ; Garg, Amit ; Halsnaes, Kirsten ; Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2007 This report summarizes the results of the Projecting future energy demand: Balancing development, energy and climate priorities in large developing economies project that has been managed by the UNEP Risø Centre on behalf of UNEP DTIE. The ... Read more
Framework for adaptation to climate change for the City of Cape Town - FAC4T (City of Cape Town)

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre ; Ziervogel, Gina Date: Aug 2006 The 20th century has seen the greatest warning in the past thousand years due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2001b). Climate models now predict that the atmosphere's temperature ... Read more
The impact of climate change on small municipal water resource management: The case of Bredasdorp, South Africa

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2007 In response to the recent reports on climate change impacts, especially on the water supply sector, a methodology that incorporates climate change impacts in to water resource planning at small municipal level is proposed. The introduction ... Read more
Local water resource management strategies for adaptation to climate induced impacts in South Africa

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2005 In the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the following key issues in relation to climate and water were presented (IPCC 2001): “Climate change will lead to an intensification of the global hydrological ... Read more
Qualitative assessment of municipal water resource management strategies under climate impacts: the case of the Northern Cape

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2007 This paper considers existing coping strategies in times of climate variability and proposes long term strategies for dealing with future projected climate change and variability. A qualitative strategy assessment methodology is proposed and ... Read more
Sustainability of electricity supply and climate change in South Africa

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Mukheibir, Pierre ; Mwakasonda, Stanford Date: Nov 2006 Global responses to climate change are gradually considering the potential synergies between sustainable development and climate change policies. In the coming years developing countries face great challenges in development and its impact on ... Read more
The impact of climate change on small municipal water resource management. The case of Bredasdorp, South Africa

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Water resource management strategies for adaptation to climate induced impacts in South Africa

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2008 This paper focuses on the development of a framework for strategy considerations for water resources management in South Africa to meet the development goals in the municipal and agricultural sectors. The north western part of South Africa ... Read more
Water, climate change and small towns

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2007 This thesis examines the interrelationship between “water, climate change and small towns”. The research question is framed in three parts: 1) can climate change be integrated into existing planning frameworks? 2) can small towns build resilient ... Read more