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Green Economy
CoT GDS: Sustainable development and Natural Resources Theme Week 13 to 19 August 2012
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE• Sustainable development• Priorities of NSSD1• Green Economy• Green Economy landscape• Key focus areas• Funding• National Green Brand• Conclusion
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A South African Context to Sustainable Development
A systems approach to sustainability where the economic, socio-political & morality and ecosystem services are seen as embedded within each other, and integrated through the governance system that holds all the other systems together within a legitimate regulatory framework
Governance
Ecosystem services
Socio-political systems
Economy
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National Strategy for Sustainable Development 5 Priorities & Objectives
Enhancing Systems for Integrated
Planning and Implementation• Governance and
institutional structures and mechanisms
• Monitoring and reporting
Sustaining Our
Ecosystems and Using
Natural Resources Efficiently
• Environmental assets and
natural resources
Towards a Green
Economy• A just transition
Building Sustainable
Communities• Changing the
attitudes and behaviour
• Building self-sufficient
communities
Responding Effectively to
Climate Change
• Stabilisation of GHG
concentration• Adapt to and
manage unavoidable
impacts
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GREEN ECONOMY
• Defined as South Africa’s Sustainable Development in action
• A system of economic activities resulting in improved human well-being, while not exposing future generations to significant environmental risks or ecological scarcities
• Decoupling of resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth
• It is characterized by substantially increased investment in green sectors, supported by enabling policy reforms
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National Green Economy LandscapeSA framework for
responding to economic crisis
2009 -2014 Medium Term
Strategic Framework
National Green Economy Summit and programmes
Reports
New Growth Path, Green Economy Accord & Green
Jobs Report
Industrial Policy Action Plan
(IPAP-2)
National Strategy for Sustainable
Development and Action Plan
(NSSD1)
National Climate Change Response
White Paper
National Development Plan
Vision 2030
Science and Innovation Plan
Integrated Resource Plan &
Integrated Energy Plan
Environmental Fiscal Instruments (e.g. Carbon tax)
National Skills Development
Strategy 3
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9 KEY FOCUS AREAS RELATED SECTOR GREEN ECONOMY GREEN ECONOMY ACCORD
(1) Resource conservation and management
National payments for ecosystem servicesUp-scale “Working for” programmesInfrastructure resilience and ecosystemsOffset programmeWildlife management
(2) Sustainable waste management practices
Waste beneficiationWaste recycling, re-use and recovery
Zero waste community programme
(3) Water management
Water harvesting
Alternative technology for effluent management
Comprehensive municipal water metering (Demand side)
Reduce water losses in agriculture, municipalities and mining
(4) Environmental Sustainability
Greening and Legacy (Major Events and Tourism)
Research, awareness, training, skills development and knowledge management
(5) Green buildings and the built environment Greening private and public buildings
(6) Sustainable transport and infrastructure Promoting non-motorised transport Reducing carbon-emission on our roads
(7) Clean energy and energy efficiency
Expand off-grid options in rural and urban Electrification of poor communities and reduction of fossil-fuel open fire cooking and heating, energy efficiency, biofuels, clean-coal initiatives, retrofitting, rollout of renewable energy, rollout of solar water heaters
REFIT optimisation for large scale renewable and localisation
Up-scale Solar Water Heater rollout
(8) Agriculture, food production and forestry Integrated sustainable agricultural production system
(9) Sustainable consumption and production
Industry specific production methods
Industrial production technology changes
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National funding opportunities links (not limited to these)
• Government – Fiscus (Spheres and entities)– Environment and Culture Sector EPWP (Departments of
Environmental Affairs, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Arts and Culture, Tourism, respective Provinces and entities)
– DEA (R800 million: 2012/13: R300 mil + 2013/14 R500 mil) in partnership with DBSA (implementer ) and NT
• DBSA– Jobs fund (R10 billion* with R352 million already allocated in Nov
2011)• IDC
– Green energy efficiency fund (R500 million)• Private sector > R100 billion
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National Greening Brand• Registered brand with the slogan ‘come play GREEN with us’ as
part of the National Greening Programme
• Aims to achieve greening goals and objectives through partnerships achieved by combining skills and resources in an organised, coordinated and strategic manner
• Seeks to ensure that the impacts of greening are beneficial from both a social and economic point of view through community involvement and local economic development
• RED & YELLOW – energy, waste and carbon,
GREEN – biodiversity
BLUE – water
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National Greening Brand…Cont• Represents the sustainable and responsible use of
natural resources (e.g. Responsible Tourism)• Requires the incorporation and application of
environmental principles and best practice into planning and practice
• Ensuring that greening projects within South Africa are supported and implemented in a coordinated and supportive environment
• Brand does not intend to be authoritative, or to represent a group of brands, and would act only as an information coordinator
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Conclusion
The green economy action has a number of crosscutting roles and responsibilities among private sector, government and civil society
Green economy programmes are to be supported by practical and implementable action plan
Importance of building on existing best processes, programmes, initiatives and indigenous knowledge in key sectors
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THANK YOUContacts
Mr Godfrey Nyakhulalini012 310 [email protected]
Ms Lindiwe Tshabalala012 310 [email protected]
Economy