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Wildfires in South Africa are set to increase: how legal action can help the country adapt better to climate change

      By Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand     As climate change drives temperature increases and lower precipitation in southern Africa, research has found that there is likely to be an increase in the number of wildfires in regions that are already hot, dry and water scarce. Massive wildfires broke out in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province on 12 and 13 July 2024, killing six firefighters who were […]

today18 July, 2024