Insights into impacts of climate change on the South African Marine and Coastal Environment

James N, Hermes J (eds). 2011. Pretoria: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON).

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) co-ordinated the production of South Africa’s Second National Communication  under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2010. The second communication by design is an integrated, relatively short document that provides an overview of climate change and its implications for South Africa. The marine component of the second communication was therefore a short précis of the current understanding of climate change and its impact on the marine environment. The précis was based on this more comprehensive assessment entitled: Insights into impacts of climate change on the South African marine and coastal environment, which was produced by 19 authors from 12 institutions. This comprehensive assessment aims to provide the reader with the necessary detail behind the marine component in the second communication.