Presentation Overview
     •  The Green Paper to White Paper transition
          – Key issues emerging from the public comments
          – How these issues were addressed in the White Paper
     •  The White Paper
          – Background and Introduction
          – Objectives, Principles and Strategy
          – Adaptation
          – Mitigation
          – Near-term Priority Flagship Programmes
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          – Jobs, Mainstreaming, Resources and Monitoring 
           Key issues emerging from the public 
                                 comments
     •  Overall Mitigation – exactly how much?
     •  Sector mitigation contributions – how much, by when, by whom?
     •  Mitigation actions – informed, strategic approach rather than “shopping lists” of 
        “poorly informed” “good intentions”
     •  Mitigation/Adaptation – the split undermines important interventions that have 
        both mitigation and adaptation potential
     •  Adaptation – informed, risk-based approach
     •  Monitoring, reporting and, especially, accountability
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                   How these issues were addressed in the 
                                                                              White Paper
           •        Clearly defined the Peak, Plateau and Decline trajectory as the baseline for 
                    measuring the efficacy of mitigation interventions.
           •        Identified past, current and other immediate “flagship” interventions that are/will 
                    lead the transition to a lower-carbon economy and society.
           •        Introduced the concept of “climate resilience” that captures both mitigation and 
                    adaptation responses
           •        Introduced new planning regimes for mitigation, adaptation and the immediate 
                    transition
           •        Defined a process to develop short-, medium- and long-term carbon budgets and 
                    adaptation priorities for all significant sectors based on accurate, complete and 
                    current information.
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                    Defined an ongoing audit/review process to ensure the alignment of sector 
                    policies, legislation and plans with the climate change policy in general, and 
                    carbon budgets and adaptation priorities in particular.
     The White Paper - Background & 
     Introduction
     •  Government’s National Climate Change Response Policy was approved on 
        Wednesday 12 October 2011 and will be formally published as a White Paper in 
        the Government Gazette on Wednesday 19 October 2011.   
     •  The White Paper represents the culmination of an iterative and participatory 
        policy development process that was started in October 2005.
     •  The White Paper is the product of a 6-year process that involved ground-breaking 
        modelling and research activities, two national conferences, numerous workshops 
        and conferences in every province, hundreds of bilateral and key stakeholder 
        engagements, a NEDLAC review and Parliamentary hearings.
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     Objectives
     •  South Africa’s response to climate change has two objectives:
       –  To effectively manage the inevitable climate change impacts through 
          interventions that build and sustain South Africa’s social, economic and 
          environmental resilience and emergency response capacity; and
       –  To make a fair contribution to the global effort to stabilise 
          greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere at a level 
          that avoids dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate 
          system within a timeframe that enables economic, social and 
          environmental development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
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