Inclusion of climate change strategies in municipal Integrated Development Plans: A case from seven municipalities in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Jamba

Mankolo X. Lethoko¹ 

关键词: Climate change;    adaptation;    mitigation;    Integrated Development Plan;    vulnerable municipalities;   

DOI  :  10.4102/jamba.v8i3.245

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: African Centre for Disaster Studies

【 摘 要 】

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has made it clear that anthropogenicgreenhouse gasses are the main cause of observed global warming that leads to climate change.Climate change is now a global reality. In the South African political set-up, local municipalitiesare the structures that are in direct contact with communities and they draw up IntegratedDevelopment Plans (IDPs), which are reviewed and upgraded annually. The article seeks toinvestigate the extent to which climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies areembedded IDPs in seven vulnerable municipalities in the Limpopo Province. The articleconducted an in-depth content analysis of the IDPs of the seven municipalities and the resultshave revealed that these municipalities have not included adaptation and mitigation strategiesadequately in their IDPs despite being the most vulnerable municipalities in the province. Thearticle concludes that these municipalities have not as yet institutionalised climate change intheir daily operations, planning and decision making. To this end, the paper recommends thatlocal municipalities should include climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies intheir IDPs. Keywords:Climate change; adaptation; mitigation; Integrated Development Plan; vulnerable municipalities

【 授权许可】

CC BY