1. Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance
Presentation to the Port-folio Committee on Environment
Date 22 September 2015
Cape Town
By Alphonsinah Sebolelo Mafisa

2. CONTANT VEJA Positions Water and Climate Change Emission
Mitigation and adaptation

3. Position
VEJA passion of COP 21 Paris conference is that the conference need to address governments failure to sign a meaningful agreement at the UNFCCC
South african delegation to the COP21 must not allow for the develop world to push for 2 degree Celsius. We cannot afford any further increases. We cannot afford more than 1.5 degree Celsius
We call on the strong and binding mechanisms that will address the current effect of climate change especially on the emerging small scale farmers, women, youth and rural poor
COP 21 delegate must represent the interest of the poor and disadvantages

4. Water and climate change
South Africa is a country of water shortages and the climate change is having a negative effect on our water resources NWRS2
The annual rainfall of about 464 mm per annual
With the current situation of climate impact –the scenarios shows that the will be a reduction of water availability

5. The changes of water patterns
South Africa will be more affected if the UNFCCC does not develop mechanisms that will address the long term effect of Climate Change
It estimated that the costal lines they will be see more rainfalls
In the interior and western parts of the country, climate change is likely to lead to more intense and prolong droughts to the future

6. Emission
VEJA believe that South African Contribution to climate change will be increased in the future as Government fails to regulate contributors of big green house gas emissions
Our environment and planet cannot sustained the current economic models and the impact of climate change is increasing and the Paris COP must not be other political parade, as our positions is South Africa must be, below 1.5 degree Celsius and binding

7. Adaptation and mitigation
South Africa need ambitions actions for air quality and climate change mitigations
There must be allocation of financial resource for mitigation of affected communities
VTPA plans to reduce Emission must be rational inters of timing scope and reduction targets to accommodate sustainable development.

8. THANKS