Deputy Director-General: Climate Change
Directorate:
Administration and
Co-Ordination
Chief Directorate:
Climate Change
Adaptation
Chief Directorate:
Climate Change
Mitigation
Chief Directorate:
Climate Change
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Chief Directorate:
Air Quality
Management

Branch Purpose:
Promote, coordinate and manage an effective national mitigation and adaptation response to climate change
Branch Functions:
• Effectively preparing for, engaging in, compliance with, and reporting on international climate obligations.
• Effectively responding to climate change impacts through building adaptative capacity, socio-economic resilience and emergency response capacity
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Facilitate and manage the transition to a climate resilient, equitable and internationally competitive lower carbon economy and society in a manner that simultaneously addresses South
Africa’s over riding national priorities for sustainable development, job creation, improved public and environmental health, poverty eradication and social equality.

Chief Director: International Climate Change Relations and Negotiations
Directorate :
United Nations
Framework Convention
ON Climate Change
(UNFCCC)
Directorate
Climate Change Agreements and Compliance
Directorate
Climate Change
Developments and
Implementation

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PURPOSE
• To prepare for, negotiate and inform the implementation of multi-lateral, mini-lateral and bilateral climate change agreements.
FUNCTIONS
• To carry out all the necessary research, analysis and stakeholder engagements required to gain well-informed mandates for all of South Africa’s multi-lateral, mini-lateral and bilateral climate change agreement negotiating positions
• To carry out all the necessary capacity building, oversight, management and/or support of negotiating teams to ensure the maximum possible South African advantage in multi-lateral, minilateral and bilateral climate change agreement negotiations
• To fully inform South Africa’s implementation of, and/or alignment with, its international commitments and/or international trends and developments on climate change.

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Functions (contnd):
• Facilitate the development and implementation of a National monitoring and evaluation system for climate change actions to enable South Africa to meet its national and international obligations
• Ensure continuous improvement of ambient air quality throughout the country through the implementation of air quality management plans and tools.

Chief Director: Climate Change Adaptation
Directorate :
Social Sectors
Directorate
Economic Sectors
Directorate
Natural Resource
Sectors

PURPOSE
• To lead and/or support, inform, monitor and report efficient and effective national, provincial and local climate change adaptation responses.
FUNCTIONS
• To provide strategic leadership and to identify significant short-, medium- and long-term climate change-related risks and the priority interventions required 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.
• To raise general and/or sector-specific awareness and response capacity around prioritised adaptation interventions.
• To provide strategic leadership, support and assist affected sector departments in mainstreaming key short- and medium-term adaptation interventions into their sector plans.

Directorate :
Energy
CHIEF DIRECTOR:
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
Directorate
Transport
Directorate
Carbon Sinks
Directorate
Industry

PURPOSE
To lead and/or support, inform, monitor and report efficient and effective national, provincial and local climate change mitigation responses.
FUNCTIONS
• To lead and/or coordinate the implementation of the climate change mitigation approach directed in Section 6 of the National Climate Change White Paper including: Setting the GHG emission performance benchmark; Identifying desired sectoral mitigation contributions; and defining
Carbon Budgets for significant GHG emitting sectors and/or sub-sectors.
• To raise general and/or sector-specific awareness and response capacity around climate change mitigation in general and the national GHG emission performance benchmark, desired sectoral mitigation contributions and Carbon Budgets for significant GHG emitting sectors and/or subsectors.
• To lead, support and assist affected sectors and sector departments in mainstreaming climate change mitigation in general and the national GHG emission performance benchmark, desired sectoral mitigation contributions and Carbon Budgets for significant GHG emitting sectors and/or sub-sectors into sector policies, strategies, plans, legislation and regulations.

CHIEF DIRECTOR: MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Directorate :
Climate Change Monitoring and Evaluation: Impacts &
Adaptation
Directorate
Climate Change Monitoring and
Evaluation: Mitigation and
Emissions
Directorate
Climate Change Monitoring and Evaluation: Information

PURPOSE
To monitor and evaluate national climate change responses in order to ensure informed climate change response decision making.
FUNCTIONS
• Design, develop, implement and continuously upgrade a national system that may be used to monitor and evaluate national climate change adaptation responses and, in general, oversee the implementation of Section 12.1
– Monitoring Climate Change – of the National Climate Change
Response Policy.
• Design, develop, implement and continuously upgrade a national system that may be used to monitor and evaluate national climate change mitigation responses and, in general, oversee the implementation of Section 12.1
– Monitoring Climate Change – of the National Climate Change
Response Policy.
• Oversee regular production of communication material that describes South Africa’s climate change actions for local and international audiences.

South African Weather Services
• SAWS and the Department have partnered around the development and maintenance of a
National Air Quality Information System (SAAQIS) for purposes of storing and archiving air quality data which has been observed and archived by different municipalities and other monitoring stations in the country.
• In order to meet the information requirements for good air quality governance and ensure full compliance with the Air Quality Act, DEA in partnership with SAWS have been further developing the South African Air Quality Information System and its National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
Network.
• In this regard, the only formal agreement between the Department and South African Weather
Service is a very broad Memorandum of Agreement.
• DEA and SAWS agreed that the South African Weather Service Act, 2001 must be amended to provide the SAWS with a legal mandate to implement these systems efficiently and effectively.
• Therefore, most of the proposed amendments deal with the ambient air quality information service function.
• Consequently, the proposed amendments provide SAWS with a legal mandate to perform the ambient air quality information service.

STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVE
Enhanced adaptive capacity, resilience and reduced vulnerability to climate change impacts
PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR
Long Term
Adaptation
Scenarios study and
M&E system
Number of Sector
Adaptation Policies
ANNUAL
TARGET 2011/12
Determine the scope of the Long term Adaptation scenarios
Develop framework for the
Adaptation
Policies in the
White Paper and submit
PROGRESS
(ACHIEVEMENTS & CHALLENGES)
 A draft terms of reference is in place. Work is underway to finalize a revised Term of reference.
 TORs have been finalized
 Final ToRs of the LTAS with inputs from the stakeholders will be finalised before the end of the
Q4
 A framework for the Climate Change Adaptation
Plan has been developed
 The CD: Climate Change Adaptation has had
Bilateral discussions with Sector Departments on adaptation inputs in the National Climate Change
Response White Paper finalization process.”
 Substantial progress has been made with regards to the development of the adaptation framework, several stakeholders provided inputs which were incorporated in the National Climate Change
Response White Paper which was gazetted in
October 2011

STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVE
Enhanced adaptive capacity, resilience and reduced vulnerability to climate change impacts
PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR
Number of sector plans – identifying
Climate change impacts and adaptation frameworks integrated into national sectoral plans
Number of sector plans – identifying
Climate change impacts and adaptation frameworks integrated into national sectoral plans
ANNUAL
TARGET 2011/12
Finalised 4
Climate Change
Adaptation Sector
Plans
PROGRESS
(ACHIEVEMENTS & CHALLENGES)
 A draft Biodiversity Climate change Adaptation
Sector Plan has been developed.
 “The Draft Water Sector Climate Change
Adaptation Sector Plan has been submitted to the
Department of Water Affairs' executive management for approval
 Draft Forestry adaptation sector has been submitted, still waiting for final approval from DAFF
Finalised 4
Climate Change
Adaptation Sector
Plans
 A draft Biodiversity Climate change Adaptation
Sector Plan has been developed.
 “The Draft Water Sector Climate Change
Adaptation Sector Plan has been submitted to the
Department of Water Affairs' executive management for approval
 Draft Forestry adaptation sector has been submitted, still waiting for final approval from DAFF

STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVE
Enhanced adaptive capacity, resilience and reduced vulnerability to climate change impacts
PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR
Number of Disaster
Risk Management tools
Number of
Adaptation Advisory
& Consultative
Forums & advocacy groups
ANNUAL
TARGET 2011/12
Improving
Disaster Risk
Management Tool
PROGRESS
(ACHIEVEMENTS & CHALLENGES)
A consultant has been appointed through GIZ to assist 5 municipalities to run climate change toolkit
CC Toolkit starting in October for five municipalities
One meeting was held with the Climate Change
Adaptation Networks. The second meeting will be held in
Q4
This target has not been achieved Initiate and operationalise
Adaptation
Advisory Meeting
& Consultative
Forums with engagement of advocacy groups
1 National
1 Provincial
5 Metro
DEA’s role is that of providing a secretariat and logistics support to the Consultative Forums, and not resource mobilisation
Consultative meeting will take place in the fourth Quarter.
Some of the Stakeholders such as CCAN , City of
Johannesburg have already been contacted,

STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVE
An effective climate change mitigation programme facilitated
PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR
% Climate Change policy interventions implemented
Number of
Mitigation sector strategies/plans
Number of
Analytical, economic and regulatory instruments and systems
ANNUAL TARGET
2011/12
Climate White Paper approved by Minister
1 (electricity sector - IEP)
PROGRESS
(ACHIEVEMENTS & CHALLENGES)
Several cluster, cabinet and parliamentary engagements have been held. The National
Climate Change Response White Paper was approved by cabinet and gazetted in
October 2011.
Post-approval Parliamentary hearings were held in November 2011.
IEP Framework finalised
2- studies (2 nd National
Communication &
Transport GHG study)
1 economic/regulatory instruments
 SNC approved and submitted to the UNFCCC
 National Energy Efficiency regulations gazetted
 Transport sector study delayed due to lack of capacity

STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVE
An effective climate change mitigation programme facilitated
PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR
Number of sector implementation reports on climate change considerations mainstreamed in sectoral and departmental policies
Mandatory monitoring, evaluation and inventory of carbon emissions
Number of
Analytical, economic and regulatory instruments and systems
ANNUAL TARGET
1 IRP2
5 Provincial and local govt reports.
2011/12
National inventory update
(2009)
PROGRESS
(ACHIEVEMENTS & CHALLENGES)
Currently busy with consulting sector departments, already engaged with DoT, would be engaging the Dti . Our challenges relate to committing the sector departments to climate change considerations
Challenges :
The development of 5 provincial and local government IRP implementation reports is outside DEA’s control and not the Department’s function. This target should be deleted from the branch Annual Performance Plan
Participated in several workshops and meetings on the drafting of a number of sectoral reports, strategies and plans.
Data analysis meetings held with key service providers. Low Emissions Pathways report finalised.
2- studies (2 nd National
Communication &
Transport GHG study)
1 economic/regulatory instruments
 SNC approved and submitted to the UNFCCC
 National Energy Efficiency regulations gazetted
 Transport sector study delayed due to lack of capacity

STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVE
South Africa’s negotiations and engagements in
Climate Change related multi-lateral, mini-lateral, regional and bi-lateral agreements effectively managed
PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR
% SA objectives negotiated
ANNUAL TARGET
2011/12
60%
PROGRESS
(ACHIEVEMENTS & CHALLENGES)
South Africa position successfully lobbied at the,
UNGA leaders meeting
Ministerial Pre-CoP in Cape Town
Informal Ministerial in Madrid on legal form
BASIC meeting in Beijing
MEF in Washington
IPCC in Kampala
CAHOSCC meeting in Addis Ababa
Formal negotiations at the UNFCCC, CoP 17 and CMP 7 held in Durban with the negotiations having arrived at an outcome for implementing climate action in the near term, and a perspective for a comprehensive agreement for the long-term.
Conference concluded a number of decisions under the
LC and the KP as well as established the Durban
Platform to deal with a future agreement
Number of positions researched, drafted, consulted and approved.
National and international intergovernmental and Stakeholder consultation process related to
COP17 positions and outcomes
1 Position researched & drafted
& cabinet approved
Approved cabinet mandate for Durban Conference researched and consulted with SA delegation; mandate used as a basis of engagement in all lobbying meetings;
Consulted with the IMC, NCCC, civil society, labour and business and continuous updates during the CoP

STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVE
PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR
ANNUAL
TARGET
2011/12
60% South Africa’s negotiations and engagements in
Climate Change related multi-lateral, mini-lateral, regional and bi-lateral agreements effectively managed
% of implementation recommendations accepted by implementing agents.
Annual NEMA S26 report on implementation of climate agreements.
Biennial UNFCCC M&E report
PROGRESS
(ACHIEVEMENTS & CHALLENGES)
This is a post COP Q4 target. Consultations with stakeholders to take place at IGCCC – NCCC meetings scheduled for 19
March 2012
1 NEMA Sec
26 rept
Submit 2 nd national communication
SNC submitted to UNFCCC in November 2012
NEMA Sec 26 Report to be finalised in the 4 th Quarter

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR
Manage a Broad-Based
Public Outreach event
Showcasing South
Africa’s response to
Climate Change that fully exploits the national and international profiling opportunities presented by the 17 th Conference of the parties to the
United Nations
Framework Convention
On Climate Change
(UNFCCC’S COP 17)
Public Climate
Change Outreach and Mobilization
Programme implemented
Facilitate the mobilization of resources from
Multilateral and
Bilateral donors to support SA and
Africa’s programmes in securing a successful COP
17
ANNUAL
TARGET
2011/12
9 Provincial
Climate
Change
Summits successfully convened;
2011 target
R40 – R45 million
• The Climate Change Response Expo was successfully hosted alongside the UNFCCC COP17
Conference, in Durban in the period 28 November - 9
December 2011.
Secured German funding for SARI & SA MRV side events at
COP 17 (+-R1.5 mil)
PROGRESS
(ACHIEVEMENTS & CHALLENGES)
• Low carbon and renewable energy technologies, greening and legacy projects, adaptation and mitigation - plans, strategies and programmes showcased of national, provincial and local interventions and solutions including Top 10 National
Flagship Projects.
Secured Spier sponsorship for Pre-COP (+- R2mil)

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• The branch has in the 2012/13 Annual Performance Plan development process adopted 5 strategic objectives which depict the work of the chief directorates in relation to the requirements of the National Climate Change Response White Paper; as follows:
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE CHIEF DIRECTORATE
Enhanced international governance, instruments and agreements supportive of South Africa environmental and sustainable development priorities
Inevitable climate change impacts effectively managed
A fair contribution to the global effort to stabilize GHG concentrations in the atmosphere facilitated
International Climate Change
Relations and Negotiations
Climate Change Adaptation
Climate Change Mitigation
National monitoring and evaluation system for climate change actions developed and implemented
Climate Change Monitoring and
Evaluation
Cleaner and healthy Air Air Quality Management

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Strategic Objective: Enhanced international governance, instruments and agreements supportive of South Africa environmental and sustainable development priorities
Indicators
% of positions researched, consulted on and developed for international engagements( formal UNFCCC and informal ministerial engagements)
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Baseline
2 positions approved for formal negotiations
2012/13 Targets
80% of positions developed and approved
Availability of resources
DEA MTEF
South African position reflected in the outcome of international negotiations
Successfully negotiated the SA position in UNFCCC and related fora
SA positions negotiated within indentified redline/paramater
% compliance with international relations guidelines for South African delegations
Approved International Relations
Guidelines
80%
Percentage compliance with international obligations
Compliance with UNFCCC decisions for national implementation
80%
Percentage of reports submitted within set timeframes
Reports on international engagements, and annual NEMA S26
Report
95%
DEA MTEF
DEA MTEF
DEA MTEF
DEA MTEF

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Strategic Objective: Inevitable climate change impacts effectively managed
Indicators Baseline 2012/13 Targets
Long Term Adaptation Scenarios study
No of sector risk analysis studies conducted
Number of adaptation Flagship
Programmes facilitated
Availability of resources
Draft Terms of Reference for the LTAS Implementation plan developed & baseline research completed into 3 sectors (Water ,
Agriculture and
Commercial Forestry;
Biodiversity and
Ecosystems)
Risk analysis into 8 sector plans completed & report produced
MTEF /Donor
MTEF /Donor  National Climate Change
Response
 Adaptation Framework
 Adaptation Sector Plans
 LTMS
5 “working for”programs (water, wetlands, fire, landcare, coastcare)
Implementation framework for 2 flagship programmes developed
 1 Water Conservation and
Demand
 1 Adaptation Research
Programme
MTEF /Donor

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Strategic Objective: A fair contribution to the global effort to stabilize GHG concentrations in the atmosphere facilitated
Indicators Baseline 2012/13 Targets Availability of resources
Number of Climate
Change Response Policy interventions implemented
Climate Change White paper published
Number of sector mitigation potential and impact studies
Number of Sector implementation plans
3 interventions MTEF /Donor (In negotiations)
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


National Climate change Response Policy
IEP: Input to Plausible Future Scenarios.
Statement of work (SoW) for the modelling component has been completed.
Framework developed to review policy proposals for the IEP Component has been completed.
Framework developed to review policy proposals for the IEP
SNC
National Climate Change Response Policy
9 studies conducted MTEF /Donor (In negotiations)
0 – targets are for 2014/15 MTEF
Mandatory monitoring, evaluation and inventory of carbon emissions



Key industrial sector meetings convened.
National GHG Inventory ongoing update and review.
Data collection streamlined.
Review and evaluation of existing MRV capacities and instruments in South
Africa
MTEF

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Indicators
Climate Change
Monitoring and evaluation system/framework developed and implemented
Baseline
National Climate Change Response
Policy
National Climate Change Response policy
2012/13 Targets
Review and evaluate existing
MRV capacities and instruments in South Africa
Availability of Resources
Donor Funding (GIZ Acquired)
Draft CC Response M&E System
(framework) developed
Donor (IGIZ acquired)
Mandatory reports prepared and submitted within time frame.
N/A
N/A
Scoping of information for the
2014 Biennial Update Report completed
Contractual agreements for the development of the 3rd National
Communication established
Donor (IGIZ acquired)
Donor (IGIZ acquired)

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Number of Outreach Events and
Publications
Indicators
The National Air Quality Indicator
(NAQI)
Number of air quality monitoring stations reporting to SAAQIS
Air Quality Management Tools
Developed and Implemented
Baseline 2012/13 Targets
1.150
60
1.140
65
SAAQIS Phase II initiated
NA
2 draft strategies initiated.
2 Priority Area AQMPs developed.
The 2011 Air Quality
Governance Lekgotlahosted
2 air quality publications published
SAAQIS Phase II system architecture developed (emissions inventory, GHG, AEL system).
National Air Quality Survey – Table 24
Ground-trothing project initiated
2 draft strategies developed (vehicle emissions and dense low-income).
2 Priority Area AQMPs under implementation (Vaal Triangle, Highveld
PA), Waterberg AQMP developed.
The 2012 Air Quality Governance Lekgotla hosted
2 air quality publications published
MTEF
MTEF
MTEF
MTEF
MTEF
MTEF
Availability of resources
MTEF
MTEF

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DURBAN NEGOTIATIONS OUTCOME
• The Durban Outcomes addressed two aspects of the negotiation, the first being long term view of a future climate regime; secondly whilst ensuring concrete action to deal with climate change in the short term
• The Durban negotiated outcome therefore advances the global effort needed to address the global climate change challenge by addressing the NOW and FUTURE of the regime. Work in 2012, towards COP 18, to secure and build on the Durban outcomes.
• The awareness campaign and CCR EXPO increased the reach and enhanced the understanding of climate change, serving as a basis for further consolidation of citizenry on the subject
• The greening and legacy projects were successfully implemented and have been handed over to the operating entities; FULL report is under preparation for Cabinet

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• In the immediate future , Durban operationalised a number of international mechanisms agreed to in
Cancun, incl. Green Climate Fund, the Technology Mechanisms, Adaptation Committee and it relationship with support, etc
• Durban further anchored emission reduction undertakings by all parties not covered by the Kyoto
Protocol, including developing countries, with a further elaboration of the transparency and accountability framework
• The Conference therefore addressed African and South African priorities on; protecting multilateralism; securing the 2 nd Commitment Period of the KP; operationalising the Green Climate
Fund; achieving consolidation of Adaptation work; and operationalising Cancun institutions
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• For the long term perspective , the Durban Platform sets a new long-term pathway for the development of a fair, ambitious, legally binding future multi-lateral and rules-based global climate change regime;
• It further ensures an inclusive participation of all countries, in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thus achieving climate imperatives, whilst setting a process for increasing level of ambition
• The future legal agreement is to be negotiated until 2015 and come to force in 2020, with agreement on a 2 nd Commitment Period of the the Kyoto Protocol
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• Lack of appropriate office accommodation for the team a challenge
• Uncertainty on approval of posts and funds requested in the MTEF
• Inadequate capacity to initiate work required by the National Climate Change Response White
Paper