1. Local Government Climate Change Support Program 2016
Draft Sekhukhune 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 assessments 19 May 2016
Draft municipal Climate Change Response Plans

5. Agriculture

6. Priority Indicators: Agriculture
Theme
Indicator Title
Agriculture
Change in grain (maize, wheat & barley) production
Change in deciduous fruit production
Change in other crop production areas

7. Priority Indicators: Agriculture
Theme
Indicator Title
Agriculture
Increased exposure to pests such as eldana, chilo and codling moth
Increased risks to livestock (cattle and pigs)
Reduced food security
Loss of grasslands

8. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Manage change in grain (maize, wheat & barley) production
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on grain production
Research and improve understanding of grain production
Conduct research on alternative agricultural production that can be implemented
Promote knowledge generation, knowledge sharing and stakeholder participation
Implement evidence based monitoring initiatives that feed into management systems
Identify climate resilient land-uses that will support the agricultural industry’s efforts to exploit new agricultural opportunities

9. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Manage the change in deciduous fruit production
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on deciduous fruit
Promote knowledge generation, knowledge sharing and stakeholder participation
Implement evidence based monitoring initiatives that feed into the management systems for deciduous fruit production
Strengthen management plans, to enable continuous monitoring and the ability to effectively respond to the change
Identify climate resilient land-uses that will support new agricultural opportunities
Generate and share scientific, social and indigenous knowledge

10. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Manage the 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 and stakeholder participation
Identify climate resilient land-uses that will support new agricultural opportunities

11. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Manage the increased exposure to pests such as eldana, chilo and codling moth
Commission research and improve understanding of CC impacts on pests
Promote knowledge generation, knowledge sharing and stakeholder participation
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
Strengthen management plans to enable continuous monitoring
Identify climate resilient land-uses that will reduce exposure to increased pests

12. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Manage the increased risks to livestock (cattle and pigs)
Commission research and improve understanding of CC impacts livestock
Generate and share scientific, social and indigenous knowledge
Promote knowledge generation, sharing & stakeholder participation
Strengthen management plans, to enable continuous monitoring of water and herbage availability for livestock
Develop a framework that will assist farmers with adjusting to reduced rainfall
Educate farmers on the advantages associated with early detection of diseases in animals

13. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Manage the reduced food security
Conduct a risk assessment of CC on food security for subsistence farmers
Identify local responses that will improve food availability
Conduct workshops to educate subsistence farmers and business on how to reduce the risk associated with potential CC impacts
Develop emergency plans that will assist with responding to CC related impacts such as malnutrition
Identify livelihood and economic diversification strategies
Collect information on indigenous knowledge which will contribute towards building resilience
Identify local responses that will improve food availability for subsistence farmers.

14. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Manage the Loss of grasslands
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on grasslands
Research and improve understanding of ecosystems services
Promote knowledge generation, knowledge sharing and stakeholder participation
Strengthen management plans on grasslands, to enable effective monitoring and the ability to respond to the change
Implement evidence based monitoring initiatives that feed into management systems
Incorporate grassland management into planning systems for other sectors

15. Biodiversity and Environment

16. Priority Indicators: Biodiversity and Environment
Theme
Indicator Title
Biodiversity & Environment
Increased heat stress
Increased vector borne diseases from spread of flies
Increased water borne and communicable diseases (especially bilharzia)
Increased air pollution
Increased isolation of rural communities

17. Responses: Biodiversity and Environment
Sub-Project: Manage Increased heat stress
Identify communities that have the least capacity to respond to increased temperatures
Conduct awareness campaigns on the health risks of high temperatures
Commission a reliable early warning system to alert communities and industries
Introduce, enhance and integrate surveillance systems to monitor changes in climate and climate-related diseases
Develop a health data-capturing system that records data both at spatial and temporal scales

18. Responses: Biodiversity and Environment
Sub-Project: Manage Increased vector borne diseases from spread of flies
Strengthen information and knowledge of linkages between disease and CC
Identify communities that are vulnerable to the spread of vector borne diseases
Create awareness programmes on vector borne diseases
Develop mechanisms that will enable vulnerable communities to respond to the spread of vector borne diseases
Establish adequate stockpiles of medications, medical supplies, assistive devices and other resources that may be required to deal with reported cases of diseases.

19. Responses: Biodiversity and Environment
Sub-Project: Manage Increased air pollution
Identify communities that are most vulnerable to increased exposure of air pollutants
Reduce the incidence of respiratory diseases and improve air quality through
Equip local health facilities to handle the health effects of increased exposure to air pollutants
Conduct workshops that equip communities on how to respond to the effects of air pollution
Commission reliable air pollution monitoring systems to alert communities on atmospheric conditions
Establish adequate stockpiles of medications, medical supplies, assistive devices and other resources

20. Responses: Biodiversity and Environment
Sub-Project: Manage 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 CC 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

21. Water

22. Priority Indicators: Water
Theme
Indicator Title
Water
Decreased quality of drinking water
Decreased water quality in ecosystems
Increased impacts of flooding from litter blocking sewer system

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

24. Responses: Water
Sub-Project: Manage decreased water quality in ecosystems
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on water quality
Conduct a CC impacts assessment on health risks to aquatic systems
Strengthen management plans on wastewater treatment, to enable the ability to respond to the declining water reserves
Adopt and enforce simple, innovative and adaptive engineering approaches to wastewater treatment initiatives
Identify and implement wastewater monitoring initiatives that will indicate risks to aquatic systems
Create an awareness on the reuse of wastewater thus minimising negative impacts of wastewater on aquatic systems

25. Responses: Water
Sub-Project: Manage Increased impacts of flooding from litter blocking sewer system
Conduct an impact assessment of CC induced litter and debris
Retrofit and modify existing water and sanitation using adaptive engineering approaches
Build CC resilient drainage infrastructure
Commission a risk-averse approach to water quality protection by imposing stringent controls on water polluting land uses and activities
Incorporate the possibility of extreme water-related climate change events into the planning of the provision of basic services

26. Local Government Climate Change Support Program 2016
Draft Sekhukhune DM Climate Change Response Plan