, May 2025
GGH2605
Environmental Politics
First Examiner: Mr LD Sibiya
Second Examiner: Mr B. Khanye
100 Marks
This document consists of five pages (including this page).
Submission date: 15 May 2024 (Since this serves as the
examination, NO
extension will be granted, nor will there be any
supplementary examination.)
Instructions:
• Include the signed Honesty Declaration on the first page
of your portfolio (Honesty Declaration for 2024 May
examination). The inclusion of the signed declaration is
compulsory.
• Each section of the portfolio must have appropriate
headings and where necessary, also sub-headings.
,• Consult the student guidelines document to complete this
portfolio.
• Your draft plan must be supported by in-text referencing
(peer-reviewed academic references) and a correctly
structured reference list (containing only cited sources).
• You may include photographs or any other material in your
portfolio; remember to acknowledge all sources.
• Your portfolio MUST be typed and uploaded online as a
single PDF document on the module submission site. The
portfolio will be checked on Turnitin for plagiarism.
• Acknowledge all your sources as the first step to avoid
plagiarism. Do not collude or plagiarise, as this will lead to
your work receiving very low or even no marks.
• There is a sub-minimum requirement of 40% for this
portfolio examination.
UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATIONS
, PLEASE TURN OVER
Portfolio Task
Climate change is one of the pressing global environmental issues
which is also associated with many contestations and
geographical disparities. Since the inception of the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, national and
local governments must situate their development agendas within
this global framework. The official mission statement of SDG 13
is to "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its
impacts". As a newly appointed environmental management
officer, you are required to explore and evaluate environmental
policies aimed at combating climate change in the local
municipality of your choice.
The proposed structure for your portfolio is provided in the table
below:
Honesty Declaration
Title Page
Table of Contents
1.1 Name the local municipality that will form the focus of 15
your evaluation. From the three political ideologies marks
that were discussed in learning unit 2
(conservatism, liberalism and socialism), critically
analyse the one that mostly resonates well with your
chosen local municipality.
1.2 With specific reference to recent climate change 20
conferences such as the Paris Agreement, consider marks
GGH2605
Environmental Politics
First Examiner: Mr LD Sibiya
Second Examiner: Mr B. Khanye
100 Marks
This document consists of five pages (including this page).
Submission date: 15 May 2024 (Since this serves as the
examination, NO
extension will be granted, nor will there be any
supplementary examination.)
Instructions:
• Include the signed Honesty Declaration on the first page
of your portfolio (Honesty Declaration for 2024 May
examination). The inclusion of the signed declaration is
compulsory.
• Each section of the portfolio must have appropriate
headings and where necessary, also sub-headings.
,• Consult the student guidelines document to complete this
portfolio.
• Your draft plan must be supported by in-text referencing
(peer-reviewed academic references) and a correctly
structured reference list (containing only cited sources).
• You may include photographs or any other material in your
portfolio; remember to acknowledge all sources.
• Your portfolio MUST be typed and uploaded online as a
single PDF document on the module submission site. The
portfolio will be checked on Turnitin for plagiarism.
• Acknowledge all your sources as the first step to avoid
plagiarism. Do not collude or plagiarise, as this will lead to
your work receiving very low or even no marks.
• There is a sub-minimum requirement of 40% for this
portfolio examination.
UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATIONS
, PLEASE TURN OVER
Portfolio Task
Climate change is one of the pressing global environmental issues
which is also associated with many contestations and
geographical disparities. Since the inception of the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, national and
local governments must situate their development agendas within
this global framework. The official mission statement of SDG 13
is to "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its
impacts". As a newly appointed environmental management
officer, you are required to explore and evaluate environmental
policies aimed at combating climate change in the local
municipality of your choice.
The proposed structure for your portfolio is provided in the table
below:
Honesty Declaration
Title Page
Table of Contents
1.1 Name the local municipality that will form the focus of 15
your evaluation. From the three political ideologies marks
that were discussed in learning unit 2
(conservatism, liberalism and socialism), critically
analyse the one that mostly resonates well with your
chosen local municipality.
1.2 With specific reference to recent climate change 20
conferences such as the Paris Agreement, consider marks
