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Public Hearings on Climate Change Response - Nov

This presentation focuses on capacity building and sustainable energy development, with a specific emphasis on city energy planning and national energy policy. It addresses the challenges of climate change in urban areas, highlighting the urgent need for intervention to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions. The speaker discusses gaps in government response and the role of local governments in climate action.

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Public Hearings on Climate Change Response - Nov

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  1. Public Hearings on Climate Change Response - Nov

  2. Introduction: • Section 21 company; • Capacity building • Sustainable energy dev & implementation • City energy planning focus • National energy policy development • Broadly sustainable energy implementation

  3. Intro cont... On-the-ground work Manages SEED and CESU Cities and wider network Introduced City Energy and Climate change Response Strategies in SA

  4. Partnerships and Linkages Cities: Tshwane, Joburg, Ekurhuleni, Cape Town, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, eThekwini, Sol Plaatjie, Sedibeng, Mangaung and Tlokwe, and more loosely with a wider network of some 15 cities and towns. • Energy • Environment • Corporative Gov & TA • Human Settlements

  5. Climate Change and the Urban Challenge

  6. Over 36% of SA’s population resides in the 9 biggest cities • 58% of population is urbanized and 64% is projected to be urbanized by the year 2030 • +- 50% of electricity and 60% of liquid fuels is used in the country’s large cities & towns • without intervention city energy consumption is set to double in next 20 years. • carbon footprint of our metros is on par with cities like London, Berlin, despite the GDP/capita being far lower

  7. LG...Key Partner in Nat. CC Response • Substantial GHG emissions come from our urban areas • dense nature of these settlements intensifies their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change • global phenomenon but impacts will differ locally and require localized or regional responses • Local government competencies cover many key areas of climate response (e.g. RE, EE)

  8. Weaker BUT NB Leadership • Current financial and service delivery constraints, and human capacity shortages • A no. of cities have pioneered addressing energy and climate issues • City Energy and CC Response Strategies • Regulation (SWH draft bylaws) • Inst. Dev (est. new units & staffing) • Project delivery (swh rollout; wind farm dev)

  9. Gaps in government’s response to CC & Sustainable Development

  10. LTMS + NFSD

  11. Specific Gaps • Renewables : FIT and our energy mix • Transport: powers and functions, sust. pub tra • Energy efficiency: DORA funding, lack of staff • Building efficiency: SANS204, mandatory • People and inst. capacity: adequate resources • LG Mandates: clear and definite, consistently funded by Treasury • NIRP: electricity delivery plan, align with the emissions trajectory of the LTMS.

  12. COP15 Input • negotiating team to heed calls on recognizing Local Governments as key partners in implementing climate change action which would rely heavily capacity development • DEA/Danida/SEA exhibition stand showcasing South African city work on climate mitigation and sustainable development work that we have been involved with

  13. Conclusion • CC and Sustainable Dev, rapidly changing and dynamic • ongoing proactive engagement with these issues is critically needed from Parliament • SEA would like to offer our support to any Parliamentary Portfolio Committee that feel they could benefit from training (seminars, workshops) on topics of sustainable energy development and climate change

  14. Thank You

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