Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Preface
- How do governments assess climate change?
- Section 1 Earth system science: The processes that underlie climate change
- Section 2 Consequences of a changing climate for the Southern African environment
- Section 3 Consequences of a changing climate for society
- Introduction
- 1 Is the South African economy vulnerable to climate change?
- 2 How will climate change affect agriculture?
- 3 Will there be enough food to eat?
- 4 Do cow farts really cause global warming?
- 5 How will forestry in South Africa respond to climate change?
- 6 How will climate change affect South Africa's marine fisheries and aquaculture?
- 7 What are the human costs of climate change?
- 8 How do climate and air pollution interact to affect human health?
- 9 Will climate change cause malaria to spread in South Africa?
- 10 Should South Africans worry about rising sea levels?
- Section 4 What we can do to avoid and adapt to climate change
- Codicil Is there a dangerous level of climate change?
- Glossary
- List of figures
- References
- Reading list
- Index
7 - What are the human costs of climate change?
from Section 3 - Consequences of a changing climate for society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2018
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Preface
- How do governments assess climate change?
- Section 1 Earth system science: The processes that underlie climate change
- Section 2 Consequences of a changing climate for the Southern African environment
- Section 3 Consequences of a changing climate for society
- Introduction
- 1 Is the South African economy vulnerable to climate change?
- 2 How will climate change affect agriculture?
- 3 Will there be enough food to eat?
- 4 Do cow farts really cause global warming?
- 5 How will forestry in South Africa respond to climate change?
- 6 How will climate change affect South Africa's marine fisheries and aquaculture?
- 7 What are the human costs of climate change?
- 8 How do climate and air pollution interact to affect human health?
- 9 Will climate change cause malaria to spread in South Africa?
- 10 Should South Africans worry about rising sea levels?
- Section 4 What we can do to avoid and adapt to climate change
- Codicil Is there a dangerous level of climate change?
- Glossary
- List of figures
- References
- Reading list
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Climate ChangeBriefings from Southern Africa, pp. 129 - 130Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2015