Browsing by Subject "UNFCCC"

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    Financial protocol for South Africa's climate change mitigation assessment
    (1999/09/00) Clark, Alix; Spalding-Fecher, Randall
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    South Africa beyond Kyoto
    (2004) Mqadi, Lwandle; Winkler, Harald; Kalhauge, Angela Churie
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    Technical Analysis to Support the Adaptation Component of South Africa’s Second Nationally Determined Contribution
    (University of Cape Town, 2025) Taylor, Anna; Simpson, Nicholas; Sibanda, Darlington; Bhanye, Johannes; Trisos, Christopher; Moyo, Vuyisile; Matiza, Collins; Ouweneel, Birgitt; Cartwright, Anton; Blignaut, James
    Research teams in the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) and the Energy Systems Research Group (ESRG) at the University of Cape Town carried out analyses pertaining to climate change adaptation and mitigation as technical support to government in developing South Africa’s second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC2) under the Paris Agreement. This technical report presents the adaptation component of the work, reviewing key climate change risks and adaptation efforts to date, proposing seven priority adaptation goals, and estimating the costs and benefits of 36 identified adaptation options that, if implemented well, would make a significant contribution to realising the goals. The seven proposed adaptation goals are: (1) Adapt South Africa’s water and sanitation systems to drying conditions and drought and flood intensification, as water underpins human, plant and animal health and all economic and livelihood activities; (2) Enhance disaster risk management, healthcare and sanitation provision, especially in informal settlements, to reduce impacts of flooding and heat stress on most vulnerable households; (3) Upgrade critical transport infrastructure (roads, rail, ports) to maintain functioning under increased rainfall intensity, heat stress, wind speeds and storm surges; (4) Enhance nutritious food access and affffordability through support to agricultural and fifisheries producers and distributors in adapting to warmer and windier conditions and changes in rainfall; (5) Enhance climate services, with early warning and impact information made accessible to a wide range of users, tailored to different operational, language, gender, age and disability needs; (6) Enhance ecosystem-based adaptation to heat and water stress, protecting South Africa’s natural heritage, biodiversity and improving ecosystem functioning that underpins our cultural identity, food systems, human wellbeing and tourism economy; and (7) Capacitate all spheres of government to implement adaptation through enacting and enforcing all provisions of the Climate Change Act. There is a companion technical report presenting the mitigation component of the work.
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    The CDM guidebook: A resource from CDM project developers in Southern Africa
    (2002) Berold, Robert; Hodes, Glenn Stuart; Makundi, Willy; Raubenheimer, Stefan; Rukato, Hesphina; Spalding-Feeher, Randall; Thorne, Steve; Tyani, Lwazikazi
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    The clean development mechanism: energy projects for Africa
    (1998) Fecher, Randall; Matibe, Khorommbi; Simmonds, Gillian