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You are here: Home / News / Decade of record heat: South Africa already feeling the burn of climate change | SA News

Decade of record heat: South Africa already feeling the burn of climate change | SA News

19 January 2026 by Guest

New data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organisation reveal that the last decade was the hottest on record, with global temperatures rising by 1.4°C. 

This increase is rapidly approaching the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warns that South Africans are already feeling the effects of climate change. 

Senior Manager James Reeler cites the recent flooding in Limpopo and Mpumalanga, along with water shortages along the Garden Route, as clear evidence of this shift.

“What we’re seeing now is just a small foretaste of what’s to come if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels and prepare for the wilder weather of…

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  1. Spicy Thunder

    5 September 2026 at 2:37 am

    Denmark: You have two cows. They have more rights than you.

  2. Gov Skull

    28 August 2026 at 1:56 pm

    Fun South African Fact: The South African flag was used for the first time on Freedom Day 1994.

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