This study highlights the likely impact of climate change on children's health, education, nutrition, safety and access to adequate housing and sanitation in South Africa – both directly and indirectly.
The study presents a body of evidence that South Africa's climate is already changing, with increases in average annual temperatures and slight decreases in rainfall in recent decades. In future all regions of the country are projected to be warmer, particularly inland. According to scientific models rainfall variability countrywide will increase, with consequences for the incidence of flooding and drought.S
