- Title
- Interaction of multiple stressors: vulnerability, coping and adaptation within the context of climate change and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Investigating strategies to strengthen livelihoods and food security and build resilience
- Title
- Policy brief, number 10, 2014
- Creator
- Hamer, Nicholas G, Shackleton, Sheona E
- Subject
- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Eastern Cape (South Africa) Climatic changes -- South Africa Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- South Africa
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/50065
- Identifier
- vital:25956
- Description
- Government policy development and implementation is often designed to address different sectors of society in isolation, so social, economic and environmental issues are considered as being distinct from one other. Recently it has been acknowledged that 'working in silos' is not conducive for good governance and so efforts have been made for better co-ordination between different government departments and different spheres of government. Our research findings show the knock on effects of one problem into other areas of people's lives, highlighting why it is vital for policies and programmes to be far better co-ordinated. The different challenges and stresses that people face in their lives interact with one another in complex ways, undermining their capacity to cope with and adapt to future changes, such as those expected under climate change.
- Format
- 4 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Environmental Science
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Policy brief, Policy brief Number 10 Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University
- Rights
- Rhodes University
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