The work done by the campaign before, during and after the drought remains important for the food security of Cape Town
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Political and social instability in the country, as seen in frequent mass protests and xenophobia, threaten the flow of African tourists.
Clearing alien trees before the drought hit could have reduced the impact of climate change on water supply during the ‘Day Zero’ drought.
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Academic research can have a direct impact on people's lives. It's crucial to come together to deal with problems like climate change. If we don't, the poor and vulnerable will suffer the most.
Gauteng citizens need to know the uncomfortable truth: for the next six years, their water supplies will increasingly have to be restricted.
The agency will ensure that large water users such as municipalities, public utilities and large companies continue to fund the construction and operation of the large water systems they depend on.
Artificially dimming the sun, by injecting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere, could reduce the risk of Day Zero level droughts in Cape Town by more than 90% in the future.
Regional tourism took a huge knock from the Day Zero experience in Cape Town, South Africa. Here are the lessons learnt.
The real crisis with water supply is that South Africa doesn’t know what it doesn’t know.
South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation has plans in place to ensure adequate water supply until 2040 and beyond.
Once water is used in washing, cleaning or even sewerage it can be safely and reliably treated. The treated water is then safe to drink – identical to the original water.
Cities need to pay attention to how extreme weather events effect their resources.
Cape Town’s draft strategy on water supply is out for comment, but important elements are missing from it.
There are regions in South Africa where it hasn’t been established if the rainy season is in summer or winter.
Water supply systems weren’t designed to deal with altering weather patterns brought about by climate change. This needs to change.
South Africa is a water-scarce country where inequity and a lack of fairness and justice pervades water distribution.
Cape Town is testing new strategies to nudge domestic users into reducing their water use.
There are measures in place to manage Day Zero and beyond. Models show that these will not work.
If you want to live like a local when on holiday, you should defecate like one.
Day Zero will be the start of active water rationing when taps will be cut off and people will have to go to collection sites.
Top contributors
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and African Climate and Development Initiative Research Chair, University of Cape Town
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Senior Researcher in Hydro-Climatology, University of Cape Town
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Ecotourism Management Lecturer, Vaal University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Imperial College London
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Professor, UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance and UTS Centre for Local Government, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
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Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, IRES, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow in Climate Change Risks, University of Cape Town
