Tailings dams, climate change relevance highlighted
As the global mining industry works towards meeting stringent new tailings dam standards, international independent consultancy SRK Consulting, through a presentation given earlier this year to ...
Double tragedy: the Zimbabwe farmers affected by illegal mining …
Smallholder farmers in rural Gwanda, a region in Zimbabwe that borders South Africa, have been affected by a double shock – a combination of heat, droughts and floods caused by climate change ...
SOUTH AFRICA
Analysis of data from the World Bank Group's Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP) (Table 2) presents information for the current climatology, 1991–2020. Mean annual …
An urgent call to address climate change-related …
Current and projected climate change-related health impacts in Southern Africa. The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR1.5) [] stated there are substantial benefits in restricting global …
Climate-Smart Mining Initiative Overview
The drive towards achieving climate change targets is contributing to major increases in demand for critical minerals, while deeply transforming the way minerals are produced and consumed. The Climate-Smart Mining flagship report Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy ...
SOUTH AFRICA
CLIMATE RISK COUNTRY PROFILE SOUTH AFRICA 3 2019 and −7.0% in 2020 (Table 1). 4 The impacts of climate change on South Africa's overall economic growth have been predominantly negative and, in the future climate change in South Africa is anticipated to continue to severely hamper economic growth, energy generation, job creation, and ...
South Africa's Miners Addressing Climate Change Challenges …
South African mining companies are facing increased pressure to address their environmental impact. If a more strategic and holistic approach is taken, they can leverage the uncertainty of climate change to their advantage and improve their global …
Climate Change and South Africa: A Critical Analysis of the
For these developing countries, climate change adaptation must remain in the forefront of sustainable development. 4 South Africa is considered a significant contributor in terms of global emissions, partly owing to South Africa's mining resources and exploration thereof. vi South Africa is playing an important role in international …
Mining Sector Adopts Proactive Steps to be Compliant with …
The Portfolio Committee on Forestry, Fisheries and Environment heard yesterday during public hearings it conducted virtually on the Climate Change Bill, that …
Information and communication technology and climate change …
Driving across the mining hub of South Africa, thus, the Mpumalanga Province roads are dressed with fog signs that the mining sector can utilise to build GIS and communications strategies for CC adaptation. ... South Africa national climate change response white paper, Pretoria Government Press, Pretoria. [Google Scholar] …
Climate change costs Africa up to 5% of GDP, UN climate …
The impact of global warming is costing African nations up to 5% of their economic output, the United Nations climate chief said on Thursday, calling for more investments to help adapt to climate ...
Climate-Smart Mining Framework
The Climate-Smart Mining Initiative identifies four pillars that consist of thematic building blocks and cross-cutting themes that are at the core of a more responsible and sustainable mining sector. They are designed to be comprehensive and help in the identification of climate-smart practices ...
Climate change adaptation in South Africa: a case study on …
In the mining sector in South Africa, ... Additionally, given the vulnerabilities of food security to climate change in South Africa, close monitoring is needed of under-nutrition, agriculture and marine productivity [14, 94]. An adequate adaptation response is contingent on the progressive accrual of robust evidence. This, in …
5 lessons from South Africa's just transition journey
Anglo American, a mining company that mines platinum, iron ore and diamonds in South Africa, published its Climate Change Report 2021, which provided an update on its progress to achieve carbon neutrality in its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2040 and announced a new goal to cut Scope 3 emissions in half by 2040.
The Water-Mining-Climate Nexus in South Africa: …
Princeton faculty members Catherine Peters and Satish Myneni will lead a team working in South Africa to harness a carbon-mitigation technique as a tool for treating water polluted with mine runoff. South Africa is …
Chapter 9: Africa | Climate Change 2022: Impacts, …
In Africa, climate change is reducing crop yields and productivity (high confidence). Agricultural productivity growth has been reduced by 34% since 1961 due to climate change, more than any other region. Maize and wheat yields decreased on average 5.8% and 2.3%, respectively in sub-Saharan Africa due to climate change in the period …
Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to enable climate
The climate change impacts of mining are often not fully accounted for, although the environmental impact of mineral extraction more generally is widely studied. Copper mining can serve as a case ...
STATEMENT: South Africa's Climate Commitment Much More Ambitious …
WASHINGTON (September 27, 2021)—Today South Africa released its latest national climate commitment under the Paris Agreement. The country intends to limit GHG emissions to 398-510 MtCO2e by 2025, and to 350-420 MtCO2e by 2030, significantly lower than targets communicated in 2016. These new targets will also see South …
Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health in South Africa
Climate change and air pollution pose significant short-term and long-term health risks to South Africans due to the carbon intensity of the national economy, the severe air pollution around coal mining and coal-fired power stations in many widespread populated areas and the particular vulnerability of many subgroups in a country …
Climate change impacts and adaptation in South Africa
BOX LONG TERM ADAPTATION SCENARIOS (LTAS) PROJECT. South Africa's 2011 national policy position on climate change emphasizes that socio-economic risks resulting from a range of emission scenarios need to be better understood and quantified in order to inform planning and practice. 3 In an effort to address the problem, …
Harmonising the mining sector's contribution to renewable …
The mining sector stands at the forefront of the fight against climate change and is supported by innovative financing mechanisms such as 'green loans'. However, a delicate equilibrium must be ...
Decarbonising the South African Mining Sector
South Africa's mining sector is a key socio-economic contributor. To remain competitive globally, it will need to decarbonise, respond to shifting value pools, and adapt to local climate change …
South Africa Climate Change Country Profile | U.S. Agency …
South Africa's dependence on coal as a primary fuel source for electricity generation makes it one of the world's top 15 greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters. Net emissions in 2017 were estimated at 512 metric tons of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), an increase of 14 percent from 2000. The energy sector represents roughly 80 percent of …
Minerals Council stresses mining industry's role in mitigating …
In sharing its stance on climate change at the Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town, the Minerals Council South Africa has acknowledged that the …
Climate change, mining development and residential water …
Climate change and water security in KwaZulu-Natal. Weather events such as drought and heatwaves, are among the most principal natural extremes experienced in South Africa (Kruger and Nxumalo Citation 2017).A global temperature rise of 2°C is likely to translate to a 4°C increase for the country with less rain for the west of South Africa, …
Predictions and Prognosis: South Africa mining and critical …
South Africa and PGMs mining. South Africa is an example of a country where the mining and natural resources sector has been throttled for these reasons, and there does not appear to be an end in sight. The uncertainties surrounding the 2024 elections in South Africa are adding to the complexities surrounding the mining and …
Mining and climate change – Opportunity and risk
Mining and climate change. ... In this case the change-in-law event is the imposition of new (carbon) tax in South Africa. Market risk: it is very likely that demand for coal will, over time, curtail as greater emphasis is placed on renewable energies. In this instance, a coal supplier might consider allying itself with the rapid development of ...
Climate change, mining development and residential water …
The case study also highlights the consequence of climate change for the future of the mining sector in South Africa, which itself contributes to climate change, …
Climate Change, Energy, and Sustainable Development …
climate change is far more rapid and dangerous than thought ear-lier.21 The government has now realized that climate change is a grave threat to South Africa and a major obstacle to continued poverty reduction across its many dimensions. This is a great concern that calls for a change in attitude to make the issue of
Climate change serious challenge for mining industry
Climate change and population growth have significant potential to be destabilising factors in Africa and can affect water sources, agricultural land and subsistence farming adversely, resulting ...
Integrated assessment of the influence of climate change …
Climate change is already becoming evident, partly through observed increasing temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns around the world (De Jong et al. 2019).According to Niang et al., the impacts of climate change will be significantly felt in Africa due to an assumed lower level of adaptive capacity compared to other …
How can mining companies mitigate climate change …
Mining in South Africa is carbon intensive, and the country's vulnerability to climate-related catastrophes presents a unique mix of risks and opportunities for mining businesses. "While individual mining businesses are aware of the risks that climate change poses to the sector, and actions are being taken to mitigate the environmental ...