TY  - JOUR
T1  - SOUTH AFRICAN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION POLITICS: URBAN GOVERNANCE PROSPECTS
AU  - Mogano, Palesa
AU  - Mokoele, Ngoako
PY  - 2019
DA  - January
JF  - International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies
JO  - IJ-SSHS
PB  - Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-8063
SP  - 68
EP  - 83
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - The combination of voluntary approaches to climate change policy and a growinginterest in local action on climate change has supported climate change politicswhere multiple forms of governance, rather than a regulatory understanding ofgoverning, play a fundamental role in addressing the challenges. Intermediariessuch as business, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and communitiesplay a profound role towards climate change and governance in urban areas, andsubsequently offer the local government with an innovation potential. However,urban areas are also a site of political struggle where climate change politicsmanifest. Conflicting political ideologies create a problem in terms of climatechange adaptation policy formulation and implementation. The discussionsurrounding the notion of urban governance is intrinsically linked to discoursesabout who has the responsibility to deliver climate change action to participate inacts of governing. The paper argues that urban governance as a complementarymechanism rather than a principal means of addressing climate change requires amulti-stakeholder engagement to palliate climate politics that derail local actionstowards addressing climate change. The paper concludes that a multilevel andurban governance approach has the potential to palliate the lack of knowledgeabout climate change, thereby changing the entrenched ideologies to ensureadaptability towards climate change. 
KW  - Urban governance; Multi-level governance; Climate change adaptation
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