Cape Town almost ran out of water. Here's how it averted the crisis
2019年8月23日 · Reducing demand was a key priority. The City of Cape Town worked to get residents and businesses on board with a host of water-saving initiatives. People were instructed to shower for no longer than two minutes. A campaign with the slogan “If it’s yellow, let it mellow” promoted flushing the toilet only when necessary.
Cape Town could experience another 'Day Zero' this century as …
2020年11月16日 · Cape Town has an 80% higher chance of another 'Day Zero' drought by the end of the century if greenhouse gas-emissions keep rising at current rates, according to research. The 2018 crisis was only averted by the city making an aggressive push to …
What cities can learn from Cape Town about managing climate …
2019年4月10日 · Collaboration within municipal departments also needs to improve. The Cape Town drought highlighted the importance of this. Before 2017, there was limited collaboration between city departments on water issues. During the drought however, collaboration between certain departments increased considerably as the complexity of the crisis became clear.
Cape Town’s crisis shows us the real cost of water
2018年3月22日 · This tragedy wasn’t inevitable. The city authorities have known that the city and its agriculture were drawing more water from reservoirs than is being replenished. And this has only got worse since the drought hit in 2015. But drought and bad planning are only partly to blame. There is a deeper issue at work: the cost of water is invisible.
Cape Town's drought is causing the economy to dry up too
2018年3月14日 · Cape town generated nearly 10 percent of the country’s total gross domestic product in 2016. Last Tuesday, Statistics South Africa said the economy grew 3.1 percent in October-December, the highest rate since the second quarter of 2016, after expanding by a revised 2.3 percent in the third quarter.
How to assess the multiple interacting risks of climate change
2021年4月30日 · Interacting climate risks during the Cape Town drought. Image: Simpson et al (2021) This focus on interactions among multiple climate change risks across different sectors and/or regions is important because they are a reality people need to manage regardless of the level of assessment available to inform decision-making.
What do toilets have to do with climate change?
2018年11月16日 · According to Google Trends, on 28 January 2018, the search term "waterless toilets" reached a peak in searches coming from drought-hit Cape Town. The country on which the fate of SDG 6 rests India is the country with the largest number of people without access to basic sanitation facilities.
5 unexpected impacts of drought in Europe - The World Economic …
2022年8月19日 · From nuclear power plants that can't be cooled to unexploded WW2 bombs discovered on riverbeds, drought means more than just a water shortage. Drought has been declared across the globe, from the Horn of Africa , to China and England , as climate change continues unabated.
What are the biggest challenges to economic growth across sub …
2019年9月3日 · As the World Economic Forum on Africa gets underway this week in Cape Town, a new report – The Sub-Saharan Africa Risks Landscape – is set to be unveiled. The report highlights five interconnected risks impacting countries across the continent.
These are some of the world's top smart and sustainable cities
2024年3月11日 · Cape Town, for example, is comparatively far down the rankings overall but is making strides in facilitating its citizens’ access to information and improving liveability. It provides free Wi-Fi on city buses, for example, and uses real-time data to support its emergency response and surveillance services.