South Africa: Climate change to be part of long-term government planning
Environment Minister Edna Molewa says climate change is being built into South Africa’s planning program. Molewa addressed the second day of the 8th Petersberg Climate Dialogue on Tuesday in Berlin, Germany. The dialogue is attended by G20 countries, South Africa among them. “Our National Planning Commission is working with all the intervention scenarios planning process, we focus specifically on the long term long carbon climate resilient which will be completed in the year 2018.” She says Germany and other countries are helping South Africa put together long term climate change policies, long term mitigation plan and long term adaptation plan, which are at a very advanced stage.
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