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Cape Town - Cape Town is to get the first climate change
observatory in the world by 2014, according to a report on Friday.
The observatory would present complex information about
global climate change in a relevant, accessible and understandable manner, the
SABC reported.
It would be built on a jetty at the V&A Waterfront by
the International Polar Foundation. The foundation educates citizens about
polar science and research. Cape Town was chosen for its proximity to the South
Pole.
The foundation's vice-president, Nighat Amin, told the
broadcaster that Capetonians had offered their support for the project.
"There is a willingness here to actually do something
about it (climate change)," she said.
"In other parts of the world there were vested
interests, but in South Africa we found that people want to get involved."
Prince Albert II of Monaco is the patron of the project. He and his South African wife, Princess Charlene, were in the country for the COP 17 climate change conference.
