Transcript Gauteng Climate Change Forum - 12 Feb 16

NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE POLICY
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
The relevance of Adapting to Climate Change:
the country’s status quo in implementing the
NCCRP
Ms Faith Nkohla
THE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE POLICY
Gauteng Climate Change Forum meeting: Parktonian Hotel
12 February 2016
National Climate Change Response Policy(NCCRP)
VISION
Transition to a lower carbon and
climate resilient society
OBJECTIVE
Manage CC impacts
through interventions
that build & sustain
SA’s social, economic &
environmental
resilience and
emergency response
capacity
National
Climate
Change
Response
Policy
STRATEGIC APPROACH
Developmental
Transformational and participatory
Needs driven and customised
Dynamic and evidence based
Informed decision-making
OBJECTIVE
Make a fair contribution
to the global effort to
stabilize GHG
concentrations……..
Policy mandates
NCCRP for Province and LG
• Each province will develop a climate response strategy, which
evaluates provincial climate risks and impacts and seeks to give effect
to the National Climate Change Response Policy at provincial level.
• Local government plays a crucial role in building climate resilience
through planning human settlements and urban development; the
provision of municipal infrastructure and services; water and energy
demand management; and local disaster response, amongst others.
• Climate change considerations and constraints will be integrated into
municipal development planning tools such as Integrated
Development Plans, and municipal service delivery programmes.
Long Term Adaptation Scenarios Products
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Climate trends & Scenarios •
Health
Agriculture & Forestry
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Biodiversity and Conservation •
Water
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Marine Fisheries
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Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management
Food Security
Human Settlements
Climate Information: Early
Warning System
SADC
Economics of Adaptation
National Adaptation Strategy
The strategy is aimed at ensuring that adaptation measures
are integrated in all government planning, budgeting and
development objectives.
Objectives of the NAS
Build climate resilience and adaptive capacity to respond to
climate change risk and vulnerability;
Provide strategic leadership and guidance on the integration
of climate change adaptation responses into current and
future development objectives for the country; and
Optimise policy and planning coherence to ensure balanced
outcomes and improve current planning for climate change
adaptation.
National Framework for Climate Services
The aim of the NFCS is to enhance provision of climate information
at all levels, for decision making
Phase 1: Roadmap for Climate Services
Identified the following gaps:
• Data quality and availability.
• Lack of data available at a micro-level.
• Potential use of remote sensing to supplement existing weather data sources.
• Limited understanding around the range of climate services and products available.
• Lack of human capacity to engage and understand climate services completely.
• Funding availability;
• Science policy interface –
Phase 3
Gap analysis
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Identify and analyse gaps in South Africa’s climate services
landscape, based on:
 GFCS requirements for establishing a NFCS; and
 Information from Roadmap presentations, stakeholder
interviews and desktop research
Mapping the climate services landscape
• Literature review and desktop research
• Roadmap
• Face-to-face interviews
• Database development, detailing:
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Role players;
Overall climate-related service offerings/ applications;
Activities underway/ planned;
Gaps (where applicable);
Indicative collaborating framework, mechanisms and
structure(s); and
Current/ available interface mechanisms.
Phase 4: NFCS-SA
Implementation
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Plan of NFCS-SA
CCA Programmes and interventions
1. Sector Adaptation Plans/Strategies
Sectoral Integrated programme of Action and Implementation
(Capacity building, awareness, research & development, support, stakeholder
engagements)
2. Provincial Climate Risks and Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability assessment and climate risks analysis,
Development of Provincial Climate Change Response Strategy (PCCRS)
Process must have an integrated and co-ordinated approach.
Must have identified the urgent priority actions and strategies needed for
people and the environment to adapt to these changes.
Finalising work with Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga Province.
Commissioned work for Free State and Northern Cape Province.
CCA Programmes and interventions
3. Climate Change Local Government Support programme
Status quo of municipal climate change response planning and implementation
and revise the list of priority municipalities
Conducting awareness raising workshops (training) on Climate Change
Management holistically (Mitigation, Adaptation, Air Quality and M & E).
Appointed services provider to work closely work local government
4. Cities Resilience Programme
Climate change, resilience, urban densification, infrastructure, behavioural
change, planning and developmental management;
To enhance the implementation of the Durban Adaptation Charter (DAC)
Information, monitoring and assessment tools to evaluate the resilience of our
cities and towns and assist urban planners in identifying priorities for scaling-up
climate change responses.
“Climate Change is
everybody’s
business”
For further information visit
www.environment.gov.za
[email protected]
THANK YOU
THE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE POLICY