CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY PROCESS, CONSULTATIVE STRUCTURES AND KEY POLICY ISSUES

1. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY PROCESS, CONSULTATIVE STRUCTURES AND KEY POLICY ISSUES PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS 01 September 2010

2. THE CLIMATE POLICY PROCESS • Policy process launched with Policy Discussion Document and Roundtable on Climate Policy held in May 2010. • Consultation with stakeholder groupings on basis of Discussion Document. • Internal governmental consultation through IGCCC and inputs into draft Green Paper by sector departments • Draft Green Paper formulated. • Draws heavily on inputs received and also on information from 2nd National Communication – update of climate science and status quo in relation to climate issues

3. KEY POLICY FOCUS AREAS • Adaptation: Water, health and agriculture defined as absolutely key areas for interventions. Emerging approach is that sound sustainable development is climate friendly development. • Strong emphasis on interventions that focus on poor, vulnerable and women. Also focus on scaling up of programmes that achieve both poverty eradication, job creation and climate objectives. Eg Work for Water, Working for Wetlands etc • Issue of information and empowering municipalities and provinces as well as civil society through this is key theme

4. KEY POLICY FOCUS AREAS CONT… • Mitigation – Discussion on both LTMS peak, plateau and decline trajectory and Copenhagen commitment and how to take these forward • Nature of country’s energy mix into the future and opportunities and challenges in a low carbon transition. • Issue of impacts of measures taken by developed country to mitigate their emissions and implications for South Africa including on trade • Need for alignment between climate policy and energy plans • Financing and means to mobilise both national and international finance to support expanded action,

5. SA Deviation from Business As Usual Commitment to reduce emissions by 34% by 2020 and 42% by 2025, conditional on international deal with enabling framework and provision of finance, technology and capacity building. Above figures calculated on basis of Long Term Mitigation Scenarios (LTMS), Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity Sector (IRP) of Dec 2009 and activities in the Clean Technology Fund Investment Portfolio Presumes that with conditionalities met + that all actions can be achieved Need to ensure alignment and integration with other processes such as IPAP, IRP as well as with climate policy process

7. Potential South African NAMAs • Focused on the following sectors • Land use change • Agriculture • Waste • Industrial process and efficiency • Transport (public and liquid fuels) • Electricity supply and efficiency • Building efficiency

8. CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION MECHANISMS

9. THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE • In order to operationalise cooperative governance in the area of climate change, the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IGCCC) has been established to foster the exchange of information, consultation, agreement, assistance and support among the spheres of government with respect to climate change and government’s response to climate change. • The IGCCC is constituted of representatives from National and Provincial Government Departments at Senior Management Level

10. The Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IGCCC) • The IGCCC was re-established in July 2008 to specifically facilitate coordination, cooperation and alignment between all climate change affected government departments. • The IGCCC meets, at least, quarterly and is the principle technical structure driving the development of the integrated National Climate Change Response Policy. • Furthermore, the IGCCC is the recognized “delivery forum” for the climate change outputs required for the delivery of Presidential Output 10.

11. Composition of IGCCC • The IGCCC is constituted to consist of at least two, and at most five representatives from each of the government departments: • National Departments • Department of Environmental Affairs • Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries • Department of Energy • Department of Health • Department of Human Settlements • Department of International Relations and Cooperation, • Department of Trade and Industry, • Department of Housing, • Department of Transport, • Department of National Treasury • Department of Rural Development and Land Reform • Department of Science and Technology • Department of Social Development • Department of Water Affairs • Provincial Environment Government Departments

12. Composition of the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) • The composition of the NCCC is designed to provide representation from the main stakeholder groups involved in climate change issues across South African society. • It is an open forum and its composition changes over time as its focus changes • It is constituted to consist of at least two (and at most five) representatives from each of the following stakeholder groups:

13. Composition of the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) contd.

14. Composition of the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) contd.

15. Composition of the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) contd.

16. Composition of the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) contd.

17. Composition of the National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) contd.

18. ANNEXURE 1 POTENTIAL ROLES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN CLIMATE CHANGE WORK

20. SECTOR ISSUES CONTINUED

21. SECTOR ISSUES CONTINUED

22. Thank you