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Development Southern Africa, the journal of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, publishes articles that reflect innovative thinking on key development challenges and policy issues facing South Africa and other southern African countries.
Southern African Development Community 4 other official names: Communauté de développement d'Afrique australe (French) Comunidade para o Desenvolvimento da África Austral (Portuguese) Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap (Afrikaans) Jumuiya ya Maendeleo ya Nchi za Kusini mwa Afrika (Swahili) Flag Logo Motto: "Towards a Common Future" Anthem: "SADC Anthem" Map of Africa indicating SADC ...
The National Development Plan 2030 is an important policy document of the South African government drafted in August 2012 by the National Planning Commission, a special ministerial body first constituted in 2009 by President Jacob Zuma. The Plan contains a series of proposals to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality by 2030. [1] [2]
There are a range of environmental issues in Southern Africa, such as climate change, land, water, deforestation, land degradation, and pollution.The Southern Africa region itself, except for South Africa, [1] produces less carbon emissions but is a recipient of climate change impacts characterized by changes in precipitation, extreme weather events and hot temperatures.
There are different critical challenges facing Tourism sector in South Africa and that was mainly a result of Climate Change effects. [34] In this regard, it is important to notice that the national government in South Africa started to implement new tourism and climate based policies to over come the challenges. [ 35 ]
As a result, there will be negative consequences on people's lives and sustainable development in Africa. [35] Over the coming decades, warming from climate change is expected across almost all the Earth's surface, and global mean rainfall will increase. [40] Currently, Africa is warming faster than the rest of the world on average.
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Africa as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report, released on 13 March 2024 and based on data collected in 2024. [1] As of 2024, all African UN member states are included in the report.
The MENA region is especially vulnerable to such impacts due to its arid and semi-arid environment, facing climatic challenges such as low rainfall, high temperatures and dry soil. [ 114 ] [ 115 ] The climatic conditions that foster such challenges for MENA are projected by the IPCC to worsen throughout the 21st century. [ 114 ]