Transcript 12Aug2016_D_GAUTENG 2016 provincial and local government climate

GAUTENG 2016 PROVINCIAL & LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE
MITIGATION STATUS QUO REPORT
Gauteng Provincial Climate Change Forum, 11 AUGUST 2016
Coordinating the implementation of the SA
NDC-Mitigation
The Gauteng Dialogue
• Took place on 28 May 2016
Province
Metro(s)
Different departments
GDARD
SALGA
City of Johannesburg
District Municipality
Local Municipality
West Rand
Emfuleni
Sedibeng
OBJECTIVES OF THE DIALOGUE
Understanding mitigation efforts
Clarity of information
Phase 1: bottomup approach
Support required for
implementation
Unlocking barriers of
implementation
Provinces and Municipalities participated in
mitigation programme
To be added
THEMES COVERED
Institutional
Arrangement
Does the municipality
carry out a climate
change function?
Do you work with
climate change
networks such as
ICLEI, C40, Climate
Action Networt, CTCN
or NCPC?
Does the municipality
have a climate change
forum or does the
municipality participate
in any climate change
forum?
Do you work with
other implementing
partners, such as
WWF, GBCSA, civic
society?
Does the municipality
have a climate change
action plan?
Partnerships
and External
Support
Have you received
climate change
funding or are you
planning to apply for
climate change
funding?
What are the major
GHG emitting sectors
in your municipality?
Municipal
Climate
Change
Projects &
Programmes
Please provide a liste
of climate change
projects that are
currently undertaken
or planned with the
municipality to reduce
GHG emissions.
OUTCOMES OF THE DIALOGUE
Summary of institutional arrangement
1.Yes to cc function
No to cc function
Johannesburg, Tshwane, Sedibeng, Emfuleni.
West Rand District Municipality
2. No to internal cc forum
Participation in provincial cc forum
Johannesburg, Sedibeng, Emfuleni, WRDM, GDARD
Johannesburg (have plans to establish central climate change
forum)
Sedibeng (first time experience)
WRDM (first time experience)
3. Yes to climate cc policy
No to cc policy
Johannesburg, Emfuleni
Sedibeng, WRDM
4. Yes to cc reflected in IDPs
No to cc reflected in IDPs
Johannesburg, Sedibeng, Emfuleni
Ekurhuleni, WRDM
Summary of partnership and external
support
1. Answered yes to work with cc networks
Answered no to working with cc networks
City of Johannesburg, (C40-external partner), (internal Sedibeng, WRDM.
partners for COJ-SACN, Wits University, UJ, UNISA), Emfuleni
(ICLEI).
3. Answered yes to cc funding
Answered no to cc funding
City of Johannesburg (ADF, GEF and SDF, WWF and Green Sedibeng, Emfuleni, WRDM.
Bond from Standard Bank).
4.
Answered
yes
to
implemented
cooperation with the private sector
projects
with Answered no to implemented projects with cooperation
with the private sector
WRDM (planting of trees, rehabilitation of mines and Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, Emfuleni.
wetlands).
PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS
Project
GAU
NW
WC
EC
FS
LP
MP
KZN
SWH
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Biogas
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Greening
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Street Lights (PV)
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Building Retrofit
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NMT
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BRT
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Energy Efficiency
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SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS
SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS
SUPPORT REQUIRED FOR IMPLEMENTATION
SUPPORT REQUIRED FOR ACCESSING FUNDING
SUPPORT PROVIDED BY STAKEHOLDERS
Clear understanding of climate change Develop or compile a database of funders that will Integrating climate change considerations in the
mitigation
inform the authorities who are funding climate IDPs
change, what programmes they fund as well as the
criteria to access such funding
Awareness and capacity building on ‘easy to support the authorities with putting together Awareness to newly elected counsellors
do’ projects
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Basic climate change
bankable funding proposals
education and
awareness
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Advanced capacity to empower climate
change officials with monitoring and
quantifying impacts of the projects and
activities
Incubation of smaller municipalities by the Metros
CONSTRAINS AND LESSON LEARNT
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Poor attendance in Gauteng compared to other provinces
Lack of alignment
Implementation of projects but lacks understanding and quantification of mitigation impacts
Capacity issues(e.g. skills on how to draft proposals, knowledge on how to identify opportunities and
what goes into the IDPs)
Lack of climate change functions (champions) and structures in smaller municipalities
Lack of access to partnerships and external support links
Lack of political buy-in
Climate change is still seen as an environmental issue not a developmental issue
Municipal mandate on climate change not clear- legal framework to help
Definition of roles and responsibilities of stakeholders (DEA LGS, COGTA etc.)
NEXT STEPS
• Addressing the governance issues
• Mainstreaming climate change through various existing municipal
institutional structures (national, provincial and district)
• Participation in Councillors Induction training organized by SALGA
• Engagement with various stakeholders in addressing support needs
• Establishing partnerships
• Strengthening the role of DEA Local Government Support
• Finalizing the local government implementation plan
Rabelani Tshikalange
Director: Climate Change Industry
Mitigation
Department of Environmental Affairs
Republic of South Africa
Climate Change and Air Quality Branch
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 012 399 9184