Africa: South Africa's Survival Guide to Climate Change - Buy, Borrow or Steal It

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A recent survey has found a shocking level of ignorance in South Africa about climate change -- 59% of people surveyed had not heard of climate crisis at all, even though 35% reported that climate conditions for agricultural production had got worse.

Based on its findings, Afrobarometer concludes that there is "a need for policy-makers and activists to build informed core populations that understand climate-change threats". In this regard, South Africa's Survival Guide to Climate Change (Pan Macmillan South Africa, 2019) by journalists Sipho Kings and Sarah Wild may be just what's needed.

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