Download Merging the Nexus into a Sustainable Future for SA

Background
• The President appointed the Commission in May
2010 to draft a Vision and Plan 2030 for the
country;
• The NPC is advisory body to cabinet;
–The NPC needs to convince the Country
and Cabinet of its arguments through
evidence-based, well-considered
proposals, and ideas that are tested with
the public and experts
NPC
• The mandate: Objective and Critical
• Not accountable to the ANC
• Commission of SA
• Take a long-term view to planning;
• Integrated and strategic plan
Process
• On 9 June 2011 NPC released a Diagnostic
Document and Elements of a Vision Statement
– Vision Statement entrenched in the values of the
constitution
• On 11 November the NPC released:
–The Vision; and
–The draft National Development Plan
(NDP) to the country for consideration
• Open for Dialogue
Diagnostic
Challenges/Opportunities
• Achieve Equity and Prosperity
– Get people into work;
– Invest in the development of new infrastructure
and maintenance of existing infrastructure;
– Sustainable use of our natural resources;
– Rectify the spatial divides;
– Improve education outcomes and focus on
innovation and technology development;
– Deal with the high disease burden and the lack of
resources (capital & human)
Challenges/Opportunities
– Improve the functioning and accountability in the public
service;
– Fight & Eradicate Corruption in the public and private
sectors;
– Heal the divisions of our communities
• A number of proposals were made in addressing
the challenges which should be viewed as
opportunities
Core Message
Why the Discussion
• Human activity is putting the earth under
pressure;
• Global warming will disrupt food production;
• Poorer countries already face social collapse
if they don’t fix the governance and
management of their water resources;
• Shortages of Fish stocks and phosphates for farming,
• Ecological limit to the exploitation of the
environment
Sustainable Development
• Land – agriculture and food production,
mining, human settlements;
• Air – Human & Ecological needs, carbon
emissions ;
• Water – Human & Ecological needs, mining,
electricity generation, agriculture;
• Mining – electricity generation, economic
activity.
Why the Nexus
• Components of the nexus are dependent on &
Impact on one other:
– Energy is needed for water supply and treatment;
– Land and Water is needed for food production;
– Land and Water is needed for Energy production;
– Energy drives all economic activities; and
– Mining economy needs water and energy.
• Require an integrated management approach
Water- Energy- Food Nexus
• This mega nexus has reference in the NDP
– High Intensity of Natural Resource exploitation;
– Climate Change Impacts;
– Have necessitated the “Transition to a low carbon
economy”.
• The NPC Paradigm shift talks about Active Citizenry
– we all have a role to play:
– Citizens;
– Business; and
– Government.
Citizens
• “We do not inherit the earth from our parents but
borrow it from our children and future
generations”
• We need new and innovative awareness campaigns
– Mind-set shift;
– Change behaviour;
– Curb the wastage;
– Manage current and prevent future Pollution
Business
• Business is led by citizens too;
• Should be active in operating in a responsible
manner that ensures sustainable use of our natural
resources
• Invest in newer and cleaner technologies
– Agriculture;
– Mining; and
– Electricity generation.
Agriculture
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Uses the largest volume of water;
Pollution of soil from pesticides and fertilizer use;
Water pollution from pesticide and fertilizer use;
Business as usual CANNOT work!!!
Mining
• Employment creation and Economic activity;
• Pollution of the soil & water resources,
• Intensive use of electricity in mining and
beneficiation activities;
• Sustainable Development in Operations
– Social and environmental impacts to communities;
– Automation of mining
– Realistic social benefit programmes;
– Sustainable use of the water and energy;
Electricity Generation
• Underpins all economic activity;
• Employment creation;
• Use of old technologies “coal fired power plants”
– Consume large volume of clean water for cooling;
– Carbon emissions
Government
• Also made up of citizens;
– Responsibility to redress (political);
– Economic transformation;
– Protect the poor and vulnerable of our society.
• Safeguard the natural resources for current and
future generations;
• The provision of basic services;
• The operation and maintenance of systems;
Government
• Responsibility to plan ahead of the danger;
• Planning should be strategic and integrated;
– Involve key stakeholders (different departments);
• Assess the impact of one sector over another;
• Monitoring and evaluation;
• Review and refining of plans
Government
• Government has legislation and policy to
implement;
– Clouded by incoherence and mis-alignment of the
mandate;
– Corruption and lack of accountability;
• The ideal funding model of capital projects
– Integrated project execution;
– Risk assessment;
– Project management
– Technical expertise
– Economic Redress: BBBEE
Challenges
• Any government cycle is ideally 5 years to plan and
execute;
• A new government has new staff and new ideas;
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Brings in new staff (capacity/skills deficit);
Unfinished business due to staff turnover;
Leave a legacy over a five year period;
Three phases and alignment
• Silo approach of departments in executing on a “Sole
Mandate”;
• NPC mandate is to cut across all silos and guide
programs over a 20 year horizon
Challenges
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Some of the sector planning were already on-going;
Review the plans for a long-term approach;
Revise or build on the plans;
New area in terms of the Climate change and
Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
– Climate change challenges
Water
• DWA – National WRS;
– Focus on water resource management
• Reviewed and is long-term in nature;
• Any delays will result in water security issues;
• Regional collaboration for source of water (Lesotho
Highlands);
Water
• New Water Development
– AMD treatment
– Acknowledgement of historical liability (learn from it);
– Enforce policy going forward
– WWTW upgrade using cleaner and end of pipe
technologies to ensure acceptable effluent quality;
– Desalination
• Mined out areas can be viewed as future dams
• In light of the expected temperature increases – Climate Change
Energy
• IRP review and inputs;
• Mix of inputs for electricity generation with an aim
to reduce carbon footprint;
– Renewable energy
• Cleaner technologies;
• Take into account water and land requirements
Agriculture
• Revival of irrigation schemes for agricultural
produce (commercial and subsistence farming);
• Collaboration with the region for agricultural
produce space
• Potential in employment creation
NPC Proposals
• Paradigm shift to a Capable Developmental State;
– Put the right people in the right posts
– Accountability and Fight Corruption
– Active Citizenry
• Education is the key to attaining economic
transformation, equality and prosperity;
– SA is full of poor and vulnerable people
• Improvement of Education and Health Outcomes
– Skilled human resource development that can respond to the
economic requirements
• Employment creation through Enterprise Development;
(SMMEs)
– BBBEE SMMEs procure from government
NPC Proposals
• Innovation , Technology and R&D;
• Improved education outcomes of lecturers, teachers and learners
• Bring in external people
• Government department’s collaboration in Planning
and Policy enforcement;
– Role of the government spheres
– Private Public Partnership
• Infrastructure development must be integrated
– Housing, water and energy unrests - service protests;
– Risk assessment;
– PPP – protection of the vulnerable and poor;
NPC Proposals
• Review of the National Funding Model
– Prioritise projects and not departments’ competing
– Review the allocation of projects/responsibilities to
provincial/local govt.
• Spatial Planning (urbanisation);
• Rural Development
– Agriculture as an instrument but there is a requirement for water
security and links to markets;
The role of mining in upgrading the surrounding communities (SLP)
• Sustainable use of the natural resources
– Social;
– Economic;
– Environmental benefits
NPC Proposals
• Mix of inputs for Electricity Generation- Smart
Grid;
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Renewable energy;
Biofuels;
Shale gas; and
Nuclear.
• Regional Integration
– Water source;
– Agricultural produce space;
– Hydropower;
Way Forward
• The public inputs into the plan are open until 11 May
2012;
• Consolidation of inputs June; and
• Presentation to cabinet for consideration in July.
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