Reports

                                            

• South Africa National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Long-term Adaptation Scenarios (LTAS) Research Programme
  • Climate Change Implications for Human Health in South Africa (Technical Report)
  • Climate Change and Human Health (Fact Sheet)
     
• Public Health Impact of and Response to Climate Change in South Africa. South Africa Health Report, 2012/2013
  • Authors: J Myers & HA Rother
     
• South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas, 2nd Edition: Understanding the Social and Environmental Implications of Global Change (CSIR) (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) (2017)
   
• Climate Risk and Vulnerability Handbook for Southern Africa (CSIR 2017)
  • A number of UCT staff and students contributed to the successful publication of the book.
  • Presents the latest available scientific knowledge on the nature of climate change and its implications for the region,
  • Executive summary
  • Video
     
• Health and Climate Change: Key Linkages in Southern Africa, Synthesis Report (2012)
  • Authors: Van Hasselt, J. & Chapman, R. A. For the Regional
    Climate Change Programme for Southern Africa (RCCP),
    UK Department for International Development (DFID).
    Cape Town: OneWorld Sustainable Investments

• Climate Science Special Report – Assessment of the science of climate change.  Although the focus is on the US, the topics of the individual chapters have much useful background information regardless of region.
   
• Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment (2016) – While the focus is on certain elements specific to the US, the concepts, information, examples and graphics are relevant in many, if not most areas. 

• US Global Change Research Program: Climate Science Special Report, August 2017

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