Transcript Contents overview

Mbombela Climate Change Workshop 2
5 November 2015
Civic Centre Hall, Mbombela
Workshop Agenda
ITEM
TIME
Chair
9:00-9:15
Deputy MM & Warrick
Stewart
2) Workshop objectives & project overview
9:15-9:25
Warrick Stewart
3) Summary of Phase 1 Policy Workshop
9:25-9:40
Victoria Braham
4) Brief overview of Draft Policy Document
9:40-10:00
Paul Jorgensen
5) Case studies of local climate change responses
10:00-11:00
Various
6) Tea
11:00-11:15
All participants
7) MLM “Vulnerability Framework”
11:15-11:30
Paul Jorgensen
8) Strategy development
11:30-13:30
All participants
9) Way forward
13:30-14:00
Warrick Stewart
10) Close and Lunch
14:00-15:00
All participants
1) Welcome and introductions
Overview of draft Policy
Mbombela Local Municipality – Climate Change Strategy
Workshop
5 November 2015
Civic Centre Hall, Mbombela
Purpose of this Presentation
 Provide a high level overview of the contents of the draft MLM
Climate Change Response Policy
 Provide information on the commenting process and next
steps for the policy
Contents overview
 Purpose, background, rationale and scope
 Policy, legal and governance framework
 Vision
 Principles
 Objectives
 Roles and responsibilities
 Way forward
Contents overview
 The policy will assist the municipality in aligning its activities
to meet international commitments, and national and
provincial climate change related policies and legal
requirements

not intended to be in conflict with National and Provincial climate change related policies and strategies, but instead is meant to compliment and provide the appropriate local response
Contents overview
 Not intended to be in conflict with National and Provincial
climate change related policies and strategies, but instead
is meant to compliment and provide the appropriate local
response

not intended to be in conflict with National and Provincial climate change related policies and strategies, but instead is meant to compliment and provide the appropriate local response
Contents overview
 Therefore the purpose of this policy:
 Sets out the Municipality’s responsibilities regarding both climate change
adaption and mitigation
 Clearly defines the Municipality’s mandated responsibilities in this regard;
 Provide guidance to the Municipality when implementing such functions;
 Serve as a framework and precursor to the development of an associated
strategy (The strategy will specify actions by the Municipality and other
stakeholders).
Contents overview
 This policy relates to the entire MLM area as demarcated
by the Municipal Demarcation Board
 Legal mandates presented in the policy only address the
mandates of the MLM and no other organs of state or role
players
 These will be determined
Implementation document
in
the
Strategy
and
Contents overview
Policy, legal and governance overview
 Policy and legislative framework (lists not exhaustive)
• National Development Plan 2030
• National Climate Change Response
White Paper
• New Growth Path: Accord 4 –
Green Economy Accord
• National commitment to GHG
reductions
• National commitment to GHG
reductions
• National renewable energy
programme
• The Constitution of South Africa
• National Environmental
Management Act
• Local Government: Municipal
Structures Act
• Local Government: Municipal
Systems Act
• Infrastructure Development Act
• Spatial Planning and Land Use
Management Act
• Disaster Management Act
Amendment Bill
Policy, legal and governance overview
 Governance framework (lists not exhaustive)
• Municipal powers and functions
• legislative competence over the
areas listed in Schedules 4B and 5B
of the Constitution
• Various MLM Directorates and their
link climate change
• MLM Integrated Development Plan
• MLM Local Economic Development
Strategy
• Durban Adaptation Charter for
Local Governments
• ICLEI Seoul Declaration and Plan
Vision, principles and objectives
Vision
Principles
Vision
Vision
Vision:
“Realistic, credible, attractive future for an organization, community or area”
“Inspiring picture of a preferred future”
The vision is the end goal that informs what objectives are required to
meet that goal
Vision
Vision
“A municipality resilient to climate change, committed to
sustainable development and greening principles and solutions to
drive future economic and community development in both the
rural and urban sectors of the Mbombela Local Municipality.”
Principles
Principles:
“A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a
system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning”
“A fundamental quality or attribute determining the nature of something”
Provides the basis (or foundations) for the objectives and their associated
actions
Principles
Principles
Special needs and circumstances
Equity
Practically implementable
Partnerships
Uplifting the poor and vulnerable
The Polluter Pays Principle
Intra- and Inter-generational sustainability
Science driven
Focus on priorities
Alignment
Informed participation
The Precautionary Principle
Economic, social and ecological pillars of sustainable development
Local, inclusive and long-term
Legal and voluntary mandates
Monitoring and Evaluation
Integration
Ecological Infrastructure
Principles
Objectives
Objectives:
“A thing aimed at or sought”
“Something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or
accomplish”
Sets out the way to achieve the vision and determines actions, roles and
responsibilities
Vision, objectives and principles
Objective 1
Meet regulatory and commitments made as a signatory
to relevant charters, declarations and protocols
Objective 5
Training and capacity building of relevant
MLM staff
Objective 2
Integration into municipal IDP process and sector plans
Objective 3
Transition toward a more resilient and low-carbon local
economy and community
Objective 4
Implementation of innovative financing mechanisms
Objective 6
Co-operative governance and partnerships
Objective 7
Knowledge generation, sharing and transparency
Roles and Responsibilities
 High level respective roles and responsibilities of the various
MLM Directorates and Sub-Directorates
 Detailed actions required by all parties will be specified in the
strategy document
Way forward
 Policy serves as a framework to guide:
 The development of the MLM Climate Change Strategy and Implementation Plan;
and
 Assist in planning and decision-making
 Policy will be made available for stakeholder comment from early
December 2015 – end January 2016
 Comments to be incorporated in the final policy to be presented to
MLM Council in February 2016
 Strategy and Implementation Plan to be developed in early to mid
2016 – Stakeholder comment period after the local elections
Questions or comments?
Contact information
Stakeholder liaison
Victoria Braham
[email protected]
011 441 1111