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Public Hearings on Climate
Change Response - Nov
Introduction:
•Section 21 company;
Capacity building
Sustainable energy
dev & implementation
City energy planning
focus
National energy
policy development
Broadly sustainable
energy
implementation
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Intro cont...
On-the-ground
work
Manages SEED
and CESU
Cities and wider
network
Introduced City
Energy and
Climate change
Response
Strategies in SA
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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
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Climate Change and the Urban
Challenge
• 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
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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)
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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)
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Gaps in government’s response to
CC & Sustainable Development
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LTMS + NFSD
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Specific Gaps
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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.
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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
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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
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Thank You
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