Answer to Question #214077 in Political Science for Lesego

Question

Consider the varied and complex nature of the potential challenges that climate change poses to policy makers. Identify and discuss one possible social or economic benefit to South Africa of the successful implementation of the South African Climate Change Response Strategy.

Answer 1

Tourism may be impacted due to habitat loss and biodiversity loss, as well as changes in temperature, humidity, and malaria risk, and represents the greatest potential economic loss because tourism contributes up to 10% of GDP.

Significant reductions in river flow are expected in the southern and western catchments, resulting in a reduction in the area amenable to the country's biomes to roughly half their current extent, with massive biodiversity losses.