scholarly journals Some recommendations towards reducing electricity consumption in the South African manufacturing sector

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. N. Blignaut ◽  
T. De Wet
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Feasible Solution ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
International Agreement ◽  
Production Structure ◽  
The South

This paper investigates the means of reducing electricity consumption in the South African manufacturing sector. It concludes that neither the price of electricity, nor taxes, subsidies or legislation are likely to bring about the required change. A change in the production structure using relatively more labour and less capital is also unlikely in the immediate future, given the socioeconomic and legislative milieu currently prevailing in South Africa. The only feasible solution that seems likely is a change in technology, which includes the more efficient use of electricity. Given the possible international agreement regarding global climate change commitments and procedures, clean development mechanisms may therefore yet provide the answer.

scholarly journals Global Climate Change and the South African Flora: Past, Present and Future

PAGES news ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-19
Author(s):  
JCN Allsopp ◽  
WJ Bond ◽  
GF Midgley ◽  
MC Rutherford
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The South ◽  
African Flora

scholarly journals Microclimate Observation at Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) Habitat in the “Iron Gates” Natural Park. Case Study: Lower Eșelniţa Watershed (Banat, Romania)

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
Cristiana-Maria Ciocanea ◽  
Athanasios-Alexandru Gavrilidis ◽  
Vasile Bagrinovschi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Vegetation Structure ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
The South ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Testudo Hermanni

Abstract “Iron Gates” Natural Park is located in the South-Western part of Romania and is recognized for its great diversity of ecosystems, wide variety of species and emblematic landscapes. Due to its Mediterranean climatic influences and vegetation structure, the area is a suitable habitat for the existence and development of Testudo hermanni boettgeri. Monitoring both, the evolution of the microclimatic features in the lower Eșelnița watershed and the species behaviour, represents a useful step in order to determine if the global climate change endangers the conservation management of the tortoise.

scholarly journals THE POTENTIAL HEALTH IMPACT OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
P. TERBLANCE
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Stages Of Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

It is well known that airpollution can affect human health directly and indirectly. The direct effects as a result of inhalation or dermal contact are widely studied and reasonably well characterized. However, great uncertainty still exists about the magnitude and rate of global climate change. The potential adverse impact on man warrants attention even in these early stages of change. This paper summarises information on the potential health impacts of climate change, published in international literature since 1986 with special reference to the South African situation.

scholarly journals Determinants of Green Banking Adoption: A Theoretical Framework

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Asim Ali Bukhari ◽  
Fathyah Hashim ◽  
Azlan Amran
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Stakeholder Pressure ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

All around the world, Green Banking has gained a tremendous moment in the last few decades. The green movement in the banking sector was triggered due to the escalating global climate change being caused by environmental degradation. Mostly attributed to the manufacturing sector, it has now been realized that banks are one of the major causes of the global climate change both directly and indirectly. This has caused an increased focus and stakeholder pressure for Green Banking adoption at the global level. Based on the Institutional theory, this study proposes a framework for examining the relationship between organizational adoption determinants and the adoption of Green Banking. The proposed framework is based on Institutional theory and justified through the existing literature. The study proposes the hypothesis for examining the relationship between determinants and Green Banking adoption. External or institutional factors are proposed to play an essential role in influencing a bank’s adoption of Green Banking practices. The proposed framework can be adopted by a country’s regulatory authorities and the individual banks in order to identify the factors that can positively influence and facilitate the adoption of Green Banking.

scholarly journals The Paris agreement on Global Climate change cannot be fully enforced, because this is an incomplete agreement

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Feasible Solution ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Preliminary Review ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Earth’S Atmosphere ◽  
The World ◽  
Earth's Atmosphere

In 2007, billionaire Richard Branson launched a contest with a prize of $ 25 million to choose a feasible solution to protect the Earth’s atmosphere and combat global climate change [1].The contest lasts 5 years, divided into 2 phase, the first phase from 2007 to 2010. By the end of 2010 the organizers will conduct a preliminary review, if a winner is found, the competition is considered to be over. But in fact after the first round, no winners, so the organizers had to conduct phase 2 from 2010 to 2012 to finish. What a pity after 5 years with the participation of millions of scientists, scientific collectives, all over the world, without finding a winner.

‘Cropped out’: The collaborative production of an accusation of racism

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144562098209
Author(s):  
Daniella Rafaely
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Media Report

This article utilises the concept of ‘race trouble’ as an overarching framework for examining an interview between Ms Vanessa Nakate and a South African news broadcaster. The interview describes an incident involving Ms Nakate’s attendance at a global climate change conference and her exclusion from a media report about a press briefing that she held along with four other youth activists at the conference. The analysis focuses on the collaborative and interactional production of Ms Nakate’s claim that her exclusion was racially motivated and the discursive mechanisms by which race is mobilised as a common-sense explanation for the incident that occurred. My analysis demonstrates the sanctionability of producing an accusation of racism and identifies the rhetorical functions of stake and facticity in its production, and concludes with a discussion of the relevance of these findings in the context of studies on race and racism in interaction.

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