South Africa's First National Climate Change report

Background

South Africa’s National Climate Change Response Policy (NCCRP) (DEA 2011) commits the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in Section 12 to publish annual progress reports on monitoring climate change responses. These documents represent the primary output of the Climate Change Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework and the 2015 annual report is the first of these progress reports. It focuses on providing a narrative of the information that the DEA’s Climate Change Branch has collated over the past few years.

Objectives and target audience

The objective of this report is to communicate the progress and lessons learnt in tracking South Africa’s transition towards a climate resilient society and a lower carbon economy. As a knowledge product, this report aims to target people and institutions involved in technical, coordination and policy aspects of climate change, including those undertaking work relevant to these aspects of climate change. This annual report is seen as part of the broader programme to communicate regular reporting of climate change relevant information to the South African audience.