CYRIL RAMAPHOSA| Financial Times
MANKIND is facing an unprecedented climate crisis, and the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants is in jeopardy. In South Africa, we must not only deal with these major dangers, but if the international community fails to deal with the crisis in a way that applies to both developing and developed markets, we must also deal with potential economic and social damage.
Latest report Climate scientists from the United Nations warned that the rate of global warming is accelerating, and the temperature rise in sub-Saharan Africa is much higher than the international average.
Many South Africans are already feeling the effects of drought and flooding.
Some areas of Mpumalanga province are seriously polluted, and susceptibility to respiratory diseases and tuberculosis may increase. Due to constant changes in weather patterns and water temperature, fish populations have declined.
As South Africa’s trading partners pursue the goal
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