1. Local Government Climate Change Support Program 2016
Draft Gert Sibande DM Climate Change Response Plan

2. Presentation Contents
Climate change plan development
Activities to date
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Results
Draft Climate Change Response Actions

3. Climate Change Plan Development
Developed through the Local Government Climate Change Support Program (LGCCS)
First Step - Conducting a climate change vulnerability assessment
Second Step - Developing climate change responses
Draft plan in place for review

4. Progress to date Toolkit development
District level vulnerability assessment workshop 5 May 2016
Draft municipal Climate Change Response Plans
District level stakeholder input and IDP Workshop 21 July 2016
Additional Stakeholder input until 9 September 2016

5. Agriculture

6. Priority Indicators: Agriculture
Theme
Indicator Title
Agriculture
Change in grain (maize, wheat & barley) production
Change in other crop production areas
Increased exposure to pests such as eldana, chilo and codling moth
Reduced food security

7. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Change in grain (maize, wheat & barley) production
Research & improve understanding of CC impacts on grain production
Research & improve understanding of grain production
Conduct research on alternative agricultural production
Promote knowledge generation, sharing & stakeholder participation
Implement evidence based monitoring initiatives
Identify climate resilient land-uses

8. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Change in other crop production areas
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on crop production
Conduct research on alternative agricultural production that can be implemented
Promote knowledge generation, knowledge sharing, stakeholder participation
Identify climate resilient land-uses

9. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Increased exposure to pests such as eldana, chilo and codling moth
Commission research and improve understanding of climate change impacts on pests
Promote knowledge generation, knowledge sharing, and stakeholder participation and raise awareness on the impacts of increased exposure to pests
Generate and share scientific, social and indigenous knowledge that will mitigate the impacts of pests on farming practices
Implement insect monitoring systems and initiatives that feed into the management systems for commercial farming practices
Strengthen management plans to enable continuous monitoring and the ability to effectively respond to increased exposure
Identify climate resilient land-uses that will reduce exposure to increased pests

10. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Reduced Food Security
Conduct a risk assessment of CC on food security for subsistence farmers
Identify responses that will improve food availability for subsistence farmers
Conduct workshops to educate subsistence farmers and business on how to manage the risk of the potential CC impacts
Develop emergency plans that will assist with responding to CC related impacts
Identify livelihood and economic diversification strategies that will reduce food insecurity
Collect information on indigenous knowledge which contribute towards building resilience

11. Biodiversity and Environment

12. Priority Indicators: Biodiversity and Environment
Theme
Indicator Title
Biodiversity & Environment
Loss of Grasslands
Increase indoor Air Pollution
Decreased ambient air quality due to increased concentrations of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere

13. Responses: Biodiversity and Environmental
Sub-Project: Loss of Grasslands
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on biodiversity
Research and improve understanding of ecosystems services
Promote knowledge generation, sharing & stakeholder participation
Strengthen management plans of grasslands
Implement evidence based monitoring initiatives
Incorporate biodiversity management into planning systems for other sectors

14. Responses: Biodiversity and Environmental
Sub-Project: Increase Indoor Air Pollution
Identify communities that are most vulnerable to increased exposure of indoor air pollutants and climate change
Reduce the incidence of respiratory diseases and improve air quality through ensuring compliance with legislative standards
Equip local health facilities to handle the health effects of increased exposure to indoor air pollutants due various sources such as domestic fuel burning for cooking and heating purposes
Conduct workshops that equip communities on how to respond to the effects of indoor air pollution and climate change
Establish adequate stockpiles of medications, medical supplies, assistive devices and other resources that may be required to deal with reported cases of diseases.

15. Responses: Biodiversity and Environmental
Sub-Project: Decreased ambient air quality due to increased concentrations of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere
Identify and profile facilities that contribute to poor air quality
Update the facilities that contribute to the poor air quality
Conduct capacity building initiatives for various stakeholders within the district
Conduct meetings/forums with stakeholders to give updates on various air quality issues
Conduct compliance monitoring inspections to relevant facilities within the district
Access results from the ambient air quality monitoring systems via the South African Weather Services to alert communities on atmospheric conditions

16. Human Health

17. Priority Indicators: Human Health
Theme
Indicator Title
Human Health
Increased occupational health problems

18. Responses: Human Health
Sub-project: Manage the increased occupational health problems
Conduct climate change impact assessment on occupational health
Identify and profile groups that are most vulnerable to heat stress and dehydration
Conduct awareness campaigns on the health risks of high temperatures in the workplace and inform on appropriate responses
Commission a reliable early warning system that will alert industries and businesses on extreme weather events

19. Human Settlements

20. Priority Indicators: Human Settlements
Theme
Indicator Title
Human Settlements
Loss of industrial productivity
Increased impacts on strategic infrastructure
Increased impacts on informal dwellings
Increased isolation of rural communities

21. Priority Indicators: Human Settlements
Theme
Indicator Title
Human Settlements
Increased migration to urban and peri-urban areas
Decreased income from tourism

22. Responses: Human Settlement
Sub-project: Loss of industrial productivity
Identify and prioritise vulnerable industries and business
Commission a reliable early warning system to alert industries & businesses on the possible occurrences of emergencies
Conduct workshops to advise industries and business on how to reduce the risk associated with the potential impacts of CC
Promote the use of climate resilient technologies in industries and business.

23. Responses: Human Settlement
Sub-project: Increased impacts on strategic infrastructure
Conduct risk and vulnerability assessment of CC on key transport infrastructure
Develop a framework that will equip the transport sector with responding to CC impacts
Conduct a routine assessment of transport infrastructure
Incorporate CC resilience when planning, designing and implementing transport infrastructure
Include CC resilience into tendering documents for transport infrastructure
Implement effective disaster management systems

24. Responses: Human Settlement
Sub-project: Increased impacts on informal dwellings
Conduct a CC risk assessment on informal dwellings
Develop mechanisms that will enable vulnerable communities in informal dwellings to respond to CC risks
Conduct regular assessments of informal dwellings in order to identify priority areas
Make use of early warning systems that will inform communities
Develop community emergency plans that will assist with responding to CC related impacts/risks
Implement informal dwelling upgrades

25. Responses: Human Settlement
Sub-project: Increased isolation of rural communities
Identify alternative access routes to rural communities
Identify roads at risk of flooding and erosion and prioritise those for upgrading and maintenance
Identify local responses that will reduce isolation of rural communities
Build climate change resilient road infrastructure that serves as a link for rural areas
Implement flooding drainage systems that will reduce impacts on rural roads
Develop economic nodes and improved service provision in rural areas to improve connectivity

26. Responses: Human Settlement
Sub-project: Increased migration to urban and peri-urban areas
Assess drivers and dynamics of migration
Identify alternative basic service provision options for rural areas, such as water tanks, new sanitation services, etc
Develop and implement rural development programs to create economic opportunities
Promote behavioural change within communities that will contribute towards the building of economic nodes within rural areas

27. Responses: Human Settlement
Sub-project: Decreased income from tourism
Conduct climate change impact assessment on tourism
Develop resilience programs for tourism assets
Investigate available alternative tourism and recreational opportunities
Develop and promote tourism opportunities that are climate change robust
Develop disaster risk management plans that consider climate change impacts on tourism assets

28. Water

29. Priority Indicators: Water
Theme
Indicator Title
Water
Decreased quality of drinking water
Decreased water quality in ecosystem

30. Responses: Water Sub-project: Decreased quality of drinking water
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on water quality and availability
Adopt and enforce simple, innovative, adaptive engineering approaches to water treatment
Incorporate projected climate change impacts into the planning of municipal water supply
Identify and implement innovative groundwater monitoring initiatives
Prioritise and allocate resources to adaptation interventions that will minimise the pollution of drinking water

31. Responses: Water Sub-project: Decreased water quality in ecosystem
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on water quality and availability
Conduct a climate change impact assessment on health risks to aquatic systems
Adopt and enforce simple, innovative, adaptive engineering approaches and wastewater treatment initiatives
Strengthen management plans of wastewater treatment
Identify and implement wastewater monitoring initiatives
Protect and rehabilitate aquatic systems

32. Local Government Climate Change Support Program 2016
Draft Gert Sibande DM Climate Change Response Plan