The main purpose of the Act is to support South Africa's transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy in the context of sustainable development. To do so, the Act introduces sectoral emission targets (SETs) …
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BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 26 2025 (IPS) - On Christmas Day in 2022, 27-year-old Thabani Dlodlo's eight-year-old son drowned in a flooded pit dug up by quarry miners in the vicinity of Pumula North, a high-density suburb in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city. As if that was not enough, just a week after New Year's Day the following year, Dlodlo's neighbor, …
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Smallholder farmers in rural Gwanda, a region in Zimbabwe that borders South Africa, have been affected by a double shock – a combination of heat, droughts and floods caused by climate change ...
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Globally, the response to climate change is gradually gaining momentum as the impacts of climate change unfold. In South Africa, it is increasingly apparent that delays in responding to climate change over the past decades have jeopardized human life and livelihoods. While slow progress with mitigation, especially in the energy sector, has garnered much …
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For these developing countries, climate change adaptation must remain in the forefront of sustainable development. 4 South Africa is considered a significant contributor in terms of global emissions, partly owing to South Africa's mining resources and exploration thereof. vi South Africa is playing an important role in international climate ...
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Responding to climate change responsibly, presents significant opportunities for positive disruption across the sector, and a just transition in South Africa and the broader continent. According to Minerals Council South Africa, in 2022, the mining sector contributed …
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South Africa has also endeavoured to achieve a net zero target by 2050 by way of the Climate Change Bill (B9-2022) (Bill). The Bill seeks to enable the development of an effective climate change response and a long-term, just transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy and society for South Africa in the context of sustainable ...
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The impact of climate change on agriculture and food production is clear: the sector will suffer. Here's what needs to be done. ... Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change ...
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The Just Energy Transition (JET) is a critical component of South Africa's climate strategy. This transition involves transforming the nation's energy systems to achieve net-zero carbon emissions while ensuring fairness, equity, …
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The Impact of the Climate Change Act on the Mining Industry. James Ross, Senior Associate in the Corporate & Commercial practice, was recently featured in Engineering News and Mining Weekly, where he discussed 'The Impact of the Climate Change Act on the Mining Industry.' ... The complex public procurement system in South Africa has been ...
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Abstract Background. Globally, the response to climate change is gradually gaining momentum as the impacts of climate change unfold. In South Africa, it is increasingly apparent that delays in responding to climate change over the past decades have jeopardized human life and livelihoods.
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Conceptual framework of the categories of relationships between climate change and mining. The point labelled "1" represents a relationship in which climate change directly affects mining activity, while in 2, mining activity contributes directly to climate change. ... (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) member countries.
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The Climate Change Act 22 of 2024 (Act) was signed into law on 23 July 2024, which represents a keydevelopment in the country's ongoing commitment to tackling environmental consequences from climatechange. Although its date of commencement still awaits proclamation in the Government Gazette,industry stakeholders must take note of the Act's …
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In South Africa, the new 2024 Climate Change Act requires local governments to plan responses to global warming. These local authorities should find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions where ...
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The Impact of the Climate Change Act on the Mining Industry. James Ross, Senior Associate in the Corporate & Commercial practice, was recently featured in Engineering News …
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The 20 in-depth semi-structured expert interviews with 21 actors associated with the energy and mining sectors in South Africa were conducted between August 24, 2020 and December 20, 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all interviews were conducted via Zoom. ... South Africa's National Climate Change Bill aims for the country to transition ...
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In November 2021, three civil society organizations, including the African Climate Alliance (Applicants), instituted legal proceedings in the High Court of South Africa against the South African Government. This case concerns a constitutional challenge to South Africa's decision to procure 1500 mW of new coal-fired power stations.
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Despite international efforts dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels [1], [2], 4 coal accounted for over one-third of global electricity generation in 2021, raising associated carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions to record levels [3]. 5 Moreover, and further counteracting climate change mitigation scenarios [4], [5], [6], 40 % of the growth in global CO 2 emissions in 2021 …
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According to a recent World Bank Group report "Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition", approximately 3 billion tons of minerals and metals will be required to deploy the renewable energy …
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Members of Minerals Council South Africa have agreed to commit to a climate change response strategy that will reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and achieve a net zero emission by 2050 or earlier.
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The mining sector is a significant contributor to the gross domestic product of many global economies. Given the increasing trends in climate-induced disasters and the growing desire to find lasting solutions, information and communication technology (ICT) has been introduced into the climate change …
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According to a report published by the CSIR the mining sector was responsible for 6% of South Africa's climate change and GHG emissions. It's no secret that climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and …
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Robust planning for mine closure is crucial for minimising negative environmental impacts and ensuring a positive post-mining legacy. Even though climate is an important factor in the design and management of most post-mine landscape features, general understanding of the multi-facetted nature of climate change risks to mine closure outcomes is limited.
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It acts as a reference point for climate change adaptation and climate resilience, providing guidance across all levels of government, sectors and stakeholders that are affected by climate variability and change. South Africa ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1996 and Kyoto protocol 2002, and under its ...
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The mining industry can contribute to achieving all the SDGs (CCSI et al., 2016) at the global, national, regional and local scales.As mines generally operate for many decades, they can create long-term benefits for, or impacts on, local communities, environments and the wider economy (ICMM, 2018).Global demand for metals has been steadily growing in the past 20 …
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The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) oversees South Africa's climate mitigation response, implementing the National Climate Change Response White Paper (2011). The national government pledged to limit GHG emissions to between 398 and 615 Mt CO 2 -eq between 2025 and 2030 under its initial intended NDC (2015) to ...
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South Africa is facing major health challenges due to the impact of changes in the climate occurring at the present time and into the future. These issues come on top of the adverse socio-economic conditions experienced by many people in the country which relate to factors such as poverty, poor housing, malnutrition, limited access to medical facilities and the highest …
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The Climate Change Act, as endorsed by the President, is intended to enable the alignment of policies that influence South Africa's climate change response to ensure that South Africa's transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy and society is …
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In South Africa, for example, where gold mining's emissions are rooted in its connectivity to a largely coal-powered grid, the sector's ability to influence government policy to allow ...
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