Public Hearings on Climate Change Response - Nov

Introduction:

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•Section 21 company;

Capacity building

Sustainable energy dev & implementation

City energy planning focus

National energy policy development

Broadly sustainable energy implementation

Intro cont...

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On-the-ground work

Manages SEED and CESU

Cities and wider network

Introduced City Energy and Climate change Response Strategies in SA

• Energy

•Corporative Gov & TA

•Human Settlements

• Environment

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.

Partnerships and Linkages

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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

• 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

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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