A few weeks ago, my son invited me to join him in a presentation to his class at school on why it was important for South Africa to move away from coal-based electricity to renewable energy.
Even an increase of 1.5°C, which now looks increasingly ambitious, will have dramatically detrimental impacts for South Africa and its people, putting at risk water and food security, biodiversity, human health and economic development. Beyond 1.5°C, even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat, and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.
On 15 March 2019, spurred on by Thunberg’s global FridaysForFuture movement, young people all over the world – including in Cape Town and Pretoria – are marching to the political centres to demand action on climate change. Will it change anything? Well, it really should.
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