Act No. 22 of 2024: Climate Change Act, 2024

curethe is Prevention 0800-0123-22 HELPLINE: AIDS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Government Gazette Vol. 709 23 July 2024 No. 50966 Cape Town Kaapstad No. 5050 No. 505023 July 2024 23 July 2024 Zwi khou divhadziwa henefha uri mupresidende o tendelana na uyu mulayo une wa khou andadziwa hu u itela ndivhadzo kha tshitshavha:— The PresidenCy VHUPRESIDENDE It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general information:— Act No. 22 of 2024: Climate Change Act, 2024 Nom 22 ya 2024: Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 9 7 7 1 6 8 2 5 8 4 0 0 3 5 0 9 6 6 ISSN 1682-5845 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 2 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. ACT To enable the development of an effective climate change response and a long-term, just transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy and society for South Africa in the context of sustainable development; and to provide for matters connected therewith. PREAMBLE WHEREAS everyone has the constitutional right to an environment that is not harmful to their health and well-being, and to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations through reasonable legislative and other measures that secure ecologically sustainable development and the use of natural resources while promoting justifiable economic and social development; AND WHEREAS anthropogenic climate change represents an urgent threat to human societies and the planet and requires an effective, progressive and incremental response; AND WHEREAS the Republic— (a) has a role to play in the global effort to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions identified by the international community as the primary drivers of anthropogenic climate change, and for which the implementation of appro priate mitigation responses is urgently required; (b) is especially vulnerable to those impacts of climate change which require urgent and appropriate adaptation responses; and (c) has made international commitments and obligations, including to communi cate and implement an effective nationally determined climate change response, encompassing mitigation and adaptation actions, that represents the Republic’s fair contribution to the global climate change response; AND WHEREAS climate variability in the Republic, including the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, will affect, amongst other things, human health, access to food and water, biodiversity, habitats and ecosystems, the coast and coastal infrastructure and human settlements; AND WHEREAS anticipated impacts arising as a result of climate change have the potential to undermine achieving the Republic’s developmental goals; 2 (English text signed by the President) (Assented to 18 July 2024) This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 3 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 T ˆ HALUTSHEDZONYANGAREDZI: Maipfi o talelwaho nga mutalo u sa khauwi a sumbedza zwine zwa khou dzheniswa kha u phasiswa hu re hone. MULAYO U itela u konisa mveledziso ine ya shuma zwavhud ˆ i ya l ˆ iga l ˆ a u shumana na zwa tshanduko ya kilima nahone lwa tshifhinga tshilapfu, u shandukela kha zwa khaboni ya fhasi na kilima i re na ikonomi yo khwat ˆ helaho na tshitshavha tsha Afrika Tshipembe kha nyimele ya mveledziso yo khwat ˆ haho; na u ita mbetshelo malugana na zwine zwa kwamana na zwenezwo. MARANGAPHAND ˆ A SA IZWI muṅwe na muṅwe kha ndayotewa a na pfanelo ya zwa mupo une wa sa vhaise mutakalo, na u vha na mupo wo tsireledzeaho une wa vhuedza mirafho ya zwino na mirafho ya tshifhinga tshid ˆ aho nga kha maga a pfadzaho a mulayosiṅwa na maṅwe maga ane a tsireledza mveledziso yo khwat ˆ haho ya ikhol ˆ odzhi na u shumiswa ha zwishumiswa zwa mupo hone hu tshi khou t ˆ ut ˆ uwedzwa ikonomi i pfadzaho nahone na mvelaphand ˆ a ya matshilisano; NAHONE SA IZWI tshanduko ya kilima zwo itwa nga vhathu ndi tshutshedzo ya tshihad ˆ u kha vhathu na pul ˆ anete nahone hu t ˆ od ˆ ea l ˆ iga l ˆ ine l ˆ a shuma zwavhud ˆ i nahone l ˆ ine l ˆ a ya phand ˆ a na u engedzwa; NAHONE SA IZWI Riphabul ˆ iki— (a) i na mushumo une ya tea u shuma kha ndingedzo dza l ˆ ifhasi dza u fhungudza vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani yo topolwaho nga tshitshavha tsha mashango a dzitshakatshaka tshiitisi tshihulusa tsha tshanduko ya kilima zwo itiswa nga vhathu, nahone u shumiswa ha maga a u fhungudza zwi khou t ˆ od ˆ ea lwa tshihad ˆ u; (b) a yo ngo tsireledzea nga idzo t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima dzine dza t ˆ od ˆ a maga a tshihad ˆ u nahone o teaho; na (c) yo ita zwa u d ˆ idzhenisa kha mbofho na vhud ˆ iimiseli kha zwa mashango a dzitshakatshaka, hu tshi katelwa u davhidza na u thoma u shumisa l ˆ iga l ˆ a zwa tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ ine l ˆ a shuma zwavhud ˆ i l ˆ o lavheleswaho kana u itiwa nga lushuka, hu tshi katelwa nyitio dza u fhungudza na u shandukisa, l ˆ ine l ˆ a imela u dzhenela hu pfadzaho ha Riphabul ˆ iki kha l ˆ iga l ˆ a l ˆ ifhasi kha zwa tshanduko ya kilima; NAHONE SA IZWI tshanduko ya kilima kha Riphabul ˆ iki, hu tshi katelwa nyanzelo na vhuhulu ha khalulo ya zwine mutsho wa itisa zwone, zwi d ˆ o kwama, vhunzhi ha zwithu, mutakalo wa vhathu, tswikelelo kha zwil ˆ iwa na mad ˆ i, zwot ˆ he zwi tshilaho, vhudzulazwitshilaho na dziekhosisit ˆ eme, phendelashango na themamveledziso ya phendelashango na madzulo a vhathu; NAHONE SA IZWI t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dzo lavhelelwaho dzi tshi khou vha hone zwo itiswa nga tshanduko ya kilima dzi na khonadzeo ya u khakhisa u swikelelwa ha zwipikwa zwa mveledziso kha Riphabul ˆ iki; 3 (English text signed by the President) (Assented to 18 July 2024) This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 4 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 AND WHEREAS implementing an effective climate change response is a national sustainable development priority as set out in the National Climate Change Response White Paper, while the Republic’s Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, as may be varied from time to time, anticipates— (a) the realisation of significant socio-economic and environmental benefits in a manner that is driven and customised in the light of national circumstances, developmental, transformational, empowering and participatory, dynamic and evidence-based, balanced, cost-effective, integrated and aligned; and (b) support for a just transition to a climate-resilient, equitable and internationally competitive low-carbon economy and society, that takes into account the risks and opportunities that are expected to arise as a consequence of implementing the national climate change response; AND WHEREAS responding to climate change raises unique challenges to effective governance as its impact transcends and challenges traditionally sectoral governance approaches, which require a nationally driven, coordinated and cooperative legal and administrative response that acknowledges the significant role of the provincial and municipal spheres taking into account the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005 (Act No. 13 of 2005); AND WHEREAS climate change policy needs to be implemented in the context of sustainable development objectives and the achievement of national development goals, it is desirable to develop a legal and institutional framework for the implementation of the Republic’s national climate change response, in order to address these matters, BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:— ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Sections CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION, OBJECTS AND APPLICATION 1. Definitions 2. Objects of Act 3. Principles 4. Application of Act 5. Application of National Environmental Management Act 6. Conflict with other legislation CHAPTER 2 POLICY ALIGNMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 7. Alignment of policies 8 Provincial Forums on Climate Change 9. Municipal Forums on Climate Change 10. Presidential Climate Commission 11. Functions of Presidential Climate Commission 12. Process of appointment 13. Appointment of Executive Director 14. Financial administration 15. Reporting to government 16. Administrative and secretariat support 5 10 15 20 4 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 5 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 NAHONE SA IZWI u thoma u shumisa l ˆ iga l ˆ ine l ˆ a shuma zwavhud ˆ i kha zwa tshanduko ya kilima hu tshithu tsha ndemesa tsha lushaka tsho khwat ˆ helaho tsha mveledziso ya lushaka sa zwe zwa sumbedzwa kha Nd ˆ ivhadzamulayotibe ya L ˆ iga l ˆ a Lushaka kha zwa Tshanduko ya Kilima, hu na uri Vhudzheneli vhu Lavheleswaho ha Lushaka ha Riphabul ˆ iki nga fhasi ha Thendelano ya Paris, zwi tshi nga shandukiswa misi yot ˆ he, ndavhelelo ndi ya u— (a) kumafhadza ikonomi ya zwa matshilisano ya vhut ˆ hogwa na mbuelo dza mupo nga nd ˆ ila ine ya langwa na u dzudzanywa ho sedzwa nyimele dza lushaka, mveledziso, khwin ˆ efhadzwa, maand ˆ afhadzo na vhudzheneli, u shandukashanduka nahone zwo sendekaho kha vhut ˆ anzi, ndinganelo, zwi sa d ˆ uri, zwo t ˆ anganelanaho nahone zwo livhanaho; na (b) tikedza tshanduko i pfadzaho kha zwa kilima ya khwat ˆ helaho, zwi pfadzaho na ikonomi na tshitshavha hu re na vhubvisakhaboni hu re fhasi kha mashango a dzitshakatshaka, hu tshi khou dzhielwa nzhele khovhakhombo na zwikhala zwine zwa lavhelelwa u vha hone zwo vhangwa nga u thoma u shumisa l ˆ iga l ˆ a zwa tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ a lushaka; NAHONE SA IZWI zwa l ˆ iga kha zwa tshanduko ya kilima zwi tshi ita uri hu vhe na khaedu dzenedzo kha kuvhusele kune kwa shuma zwavhud ˆ i sa izwi t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza hone dzi tshi pad ˆ a na u ita khaedu kha ngona dza sialala dza sekithara ya kuvhusele, zwine zwa t ˆ od ˆ a u tshimbidzwa nga lushaka, khonanyo na tshumisano ya zwa mulayo na l ˆ iga l ˆ a vhulangi vhune ha t ˆ anganedza mushumo wa ndeme wa vundu na masipala hu tshi khou dzhielwa nzhele Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha t ˆ hanganelano ya Mivhuso wa, 2005 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 13 wa 2005); NAHONE SA IZWI mbekanyamaitele ya tshanduko ya kilima i tshi tea u shumiswa kha nyimele ya zwipikwa zwa mveledziso yo khwat ˆ haho na u swikelelwa ha zwipikwa zwa mveledziso ya lushaka, zwi a t ˆ od ˆ ea uri hu bveledziswe mutheo wa mulayo na mutheo wa zwiimiswa u itela u shumiswa ha l ˆ iga l ˆ a zwa tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ a lushaka kha Riphabul ˆ iki, u itela u tandulula mafhungo aya, U PHASISWE nga Phalamennde ya Riphabul ˆ iki ya Afrika Tshipembe nga nd ˆ ila i tevhelaho:— NZUDZANYO DZA KHETHEKANYO Khethekanyo NDIMA YA 1 KUT ˆ ALUTSHEDZELE, ZWIPIKWA NA KUSHUMISELE 1. T ˆ halutshedzo 2. Zwipikwa zwa Mulayo 3. Ndayo 4. Kushumisele kwa Mulayo 5. U shumiswa ha Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka 6. Khud ˆ ano na muṅwe mulayosiṅwa NDIMA YA 2 NDIVHANYISO YA MBEKANYAMAITELE NA NZUDZANYO DZA TSHIIMISWA 7. Ndivhanyiso ya dzimbekanyamaitele 8 Foramu dza Mavundu dza Tshanduko ya Kilima 9. Foramu dza Mimasipala dza Tshanduko ya Kilima 10. Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde 11. Mishumo ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde ya zwa 12. Kuitele kwa u thola 13. U tholwa ha Mulangi wa Khorotshitumbe 14. Ndaulo ya masheleni 15. U vhiga kha muvhuso 16. Thuso ya ndaulo na vhuṅwaleli 5 10 15 20 25 5 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 6 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 CHAPTER 3 CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE: PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES 17. Climate change response 18. Finance mechanism CHAPTER 4 NATIONAL ADAPTATION TO IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 19. Adaptation objectives 20. Adaptation scenarios 21. National Adaptation Strategy and Plan 22. Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan 23. Adaptation Information and Synthesis Adaptation Report CHAPTER 5 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND REMOVALS 24. National greenhouse gas emissions trajectory 25. Sectoral emissions targets 26. Listed greenhouse gases and activities 27. Carbon budgets 28. Phase-down and phase-out of synthetic greenhouse gas emissions and declaration 29. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory CHAPTER 6 GENERAL MATTERS AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 30. Regulations 31. Consultation 32. Public participation 33. Delegation 34. Access to information 35. Offences and penalties 36. Appeals 37. Savings, transitional provisions and amendment of laws 38. Short title and commencement SCHEDULE 1 Functions relevant to the development of Sectoral Emissions Targets SCHEDULE 2 National Departments and State-Owned Entities responsible for certain functions required to develop a Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan SCHEDULE 3 Amendment of laws 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 6 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 7 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 NDIMA YA 3 L ˆ IGA L ˆ A TSHANDUKO YA KILIMA: MAVUNDU NA MIMASIPALA 17. L ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima 18. Nd ˆ ila ya zwa masheleni NDIMA YA 4 VHUD ˆ OWEDZI HA LUSHAKA KHA T ˆ HUT ˆ HUWEDZO DZA TSHANDUKO YA KILIMA 19. Zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzi 20. Nyimele dza vhud ˆ owedzi 21. Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha lushaka 22. Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Sekithara 23. Mafhungo nga ha Vhud ˆ owedzi na t ˆ hanganyiso ya Muvhigo wa Vhud ˆ owedzi NDIMA YA 5 VHUBVISAGESE YA TSHIKHALANI NA U BVISWA 24. Nd ˆ ila ya Vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani ya Lushaka 25. Zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara 26. Mishumo na gese dza tshikhalani dzi re kha mutevhe 27. Migaganyagwama ya khaboni 28. U fhungudza na u fhelisa vhubvisageseitwa ya tshikhalani na u d ˆ ivhadza 29. Mutevhe wa Gese ya Tshikhalani wa Lushaka NDIMA YA 6 MAFHUNGONYANGAREDZI NA NZUDZANYO DZA TSHANDUKO 30. Ndangulo 31. Vhukwamani 32. U dzhenela ha tshitshavha 33. Vhurumelwa 34. U swikelela mafhungo 35. Vhutshinyi na ndat ˆ iso 36. Dziaphil ˆ i 37. Zwi sa katelwi, mbetshelo dza tshanduko na khwin ˆ iso ya milayo 38. Dzina l ˆ ipfufhi na u thoma u shumisa Mulayo SHEDUL ˆ U YA 1 Mishumo yo teaho kha mveledziso ya Zwipikwa zwa Vhubvisagese kha Sekithara SHEDUL ˆ U YA 2 Mihasho ya Lushaka na Zwiimiswa zwa Muvhuso zwi re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha mishumo yeneyo ine ya t ˆ od ˆ ea ya u bveledzisa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi kha Sekithara SHEDUL ˆ U YA 3 Khwin ˆ iso ya milayo 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 7 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 8 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION, OBJECTS AND APPLICATION Definitions 1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise— ‘‘adaptation’’ means any adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities; ‘‘adaptive capacity’’ means the ability of systems, institutions, humans and other organisms to adjust to potential damage, to take advantage of opportunities, or to respond to consequences; ‘‘carbon budget’’ means an assigned amount of greenhouse gas emissions allocated to a person in terms of section 27 for direct emissions arising from the operations of that person over a defined time period; ‘‘Carbon dioxide equivalent or CO2e’’ means the number of metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions with the same global warming potential as one metric ton of another greenhouse gas; ‘‘carbon sink’’ means any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere; ‘‘climate change’’ means a change of climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and that is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods; ‘‘commissioner’’ means a commissioner of the Presidential Climate Commission appointed in terms of section 10(4); ‘‘Department’’ means the national department responsible for environmental affairs; ‘‘direct greenhouse gas emissions’’ means greenhouse gas emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by a person; ‘‘Disaster Management Act’’ means the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002); ‘‘district municipality’’ means a district municipality established in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act; ‘‘ecosystem’’ means a dynamic system of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment, interacting as a functional unit; ‘‘environment’’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the National Environmental Management Act; ‘‘Gazette’’, when used in relation to— (a) a Minister, means the Government Gazette; (b) an MEC, means the Provincial Gazette of the province concerned; and (c) a municipality, means the Provincial Gazette of the province in which the municipality is situated; ‘‘greenhouse gas’’ means gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation; ‘‘greenhouse gas mitigation plan’’ means the mitigation plan contemplated in section 27(4) which contains mitigation measures prepared specifically for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions; ‘‘indirect greenhouse gas emissions’’ means emissions that are a consequence of the activities of a person, but occur at sources owned or controlled by another person; 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 8 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 9 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 NDIMA YA 1 KUT ˆ ALUTSHEDZELE, ZWIPIKWA NA KUSHUMISELEH T ˆ halutshedzo 1. Kha uno Mulayo, nga nnd ˆ a ha musi nyimele i tshi sumbedza nga iṅwe nd ˆ ila— ‘‘vhud ˆ owedzi’’ zwi amba ndivhanyiso iṅwe na iṅwe kha sisit ˆ eme dza mupo kana vhathu hu l ˆ iga l ˆ a ndivhanyiso na tshit ˆ ut ˆ uwedzi tsha kilima tsho lavhelelwaho kana tsha vhukuma kana masiandoitwa ane a fhungudza khuvhalo kana a shumisa zwikhala zwa mbuelo; ‘‘u kona u d ˆ owela’’ zwi amba vhukoni ha dzisisit ˆ eme, zwiimiswa, vhathu na zwiṅwe zwi tshilaho kha u kona u d ˆ owedza kana u d ˆ iananisa na khonadzeo dza tshinyalelo, kha zwivhuya zwa zwikhala, kana kha l ˆ ine l ˆ a dzhiiwa u itela u shumana na masiandoitwa; ‘‘mugaganyagwama wa zwa khaboni’’ zwi amba masheleni o avhelwaho hu tshi khou itelwa zwa vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani ane a avhelwa muthu hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo ya 27 kha zwa u bva ha gese zwo livhaho zwi tshi khou itiswa nga mishumo ya uyo muthu nga murahu ha tshifhinga tsho t ˆ aluswaho; ‘‘tshine tsha lingana na Gesepfud ˆ i kana CO2e’’ zwi amba nomboro ya tshileme tsha thani dza u bva ha gesepfud ˆ i zwi tshi fana na khonadzeo ya mufhiso wa kha pulanete sa tshileme tshithihi tsha gidi tsha iṅwe gese ya tshikhalani; ‘‘munwelelo wa khaboni’’ zwi amba kuitele kuṅwe na kuṅwe, zwiito zwiṅwe na zwiṅwe kana nd ˆ ila iṅwe na iṅwe ine ya bvisela thungo gese ya tshikhalani, zwifafadzeli kana tshirangeli kha zwa gese ya tshikhalani u bva tshikalani; ‘‘tshanduko ya kilima’’ zwi amba tshanduko ya kilima zwine nga nd ˆ ila yo livhaho kana i songo livhaho zwi dzhiiwa zwi tshi vhangwa nga zwiito zwa vhathu zwine zwa shandukisa mbumbo ya pulanete tshikhalani na uri izwo ndi nyengedzedzo ya u shandukashanduka ha kilima lwa mupo sa zwe zwa wanuluswa nga murahu ha mbambedzo ya zwifhinga; ‘‘khomishinari’’ zwi amba khomishinari wa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde o tholwaho u ya nga khethekanyo ya 10(4); ‘‘Muhasho’’ zwi amba muhasho wa lushaka u re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha mafhungo a zwa mupo; ‘‘vhubvagese ya tshikhalani zwo livhaho’’ zwi amba u bva ha gese ya tshikhalani i tshi bva kha zwiko zwine mun ˆ e wazwo ndi muthu nahone zwi langwaho nga muthu; ‘‘Mulayo wa Ndango ya Zwiwo’’ zwi amba Mulayo wa Ndango ya Zwiwo wa, 2002 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya.57 wa 2002); ‘‘masipala wa tshit ˆ iriki’’ zwi amba masipala wa tshit ˆ iriki wo thomiwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa Muvhuso Wapo: Mulayo wa Zwiimiswa zwa Masipala; ‘‘ekhosisit ˆ eme’’ zwi amba sisit ˆ eme ya tshandukotshanduko ya tshimela, tshipuka na tshitshavha tsha zwi tshilaho zwi sa vhonali nga mat ˆ o a n ˆ ama na mupo wa zwi sa tshili, tshumisano i tshi tou shuma sa yuniti; ‘‘mupo’’ ipfi il ˆ i l ˆ i na t ˆ halutshedzo ye ya vhofhekanywa nal ˆ o kha khethekanyo ya 1 ya Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo; ‘‘Gazete’’, musi ipfi il ˆ i l ˆ i tshi khou shumiswa zwi tshi kwama— (a) Minisit ˆ a, zwi amba Gazete ya Muvhuso; (b) Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshithumbe (MEC), zwi amba Gazete ya Vundu l ˆ i kwameaho; na (c) masipala, zwi amba Gazete ya Vundu ya vundu l ˆ ine masipala wa wanala hone; ‘‘gese ya tshikhalani’’ zwi amba zwithu zwo vhumbaho gese i re tshikhalani, vhuvhili hazwo ndi zwa mupo na zwine zwa itwa nga muthu, zwine zwa tswonzwa kana u nweledza na u bvisela nnd ˆ a gabelo l ˆ a tshedza na mufhiso; ‘‘pul ˆ ane ya u fhungudza gese ya tshikhakani’’ zwi amba pul ˆ ane ya u fhungudza sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo ya 27(4) ine yo faredza maga a u fhungudza o dzudzanywaho ho tou sedzwa fhedzi u fhungudza mabvele a gese ya tshikhalani; ‘‘nd ˆ ila i songo livhaho ya mabvele a gese ya tshikhalani’’zwi amba mabvele ane ndi masiandoitwa a nyito dza muthu, fhedzi zwi itea kha zwiko zwine mun ˆ e wazwo ndi muṅwe muthu nahone zwiko zwa hone zwa d ˆ i langwa nga muṅwe muthu; 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 9 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 10 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 ‘‘Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act’’ means the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005 (Act No. 13 of 2005); ‘‘just transition’’ means a shift towards a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy and society and ecologically sustainable economies and societies which contribute toward the creation of decent work for all, social inclusion and the eradication of poverty; ‘‘Local Government: Municipal Structures Act’’ means the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No. 117 of 1998); ‘‘mayor’’, in respect of the different types of municipalities, means— (a) a mayor elected in terms of section 48 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act; or (b) an executive mayor elected in terms of section 55 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act; ‘‘MEC’’ means the member of the Executive Council to whom a Premier has assigned responsibility for the environment; ‘‘metropolitan municipality’’ means a metropolitan municipality established in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act; ‘‘Minister’’ means the Cabinet Minister responsible for environmental affairs; ‘‘mitigation’’ means a human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the carbon sinks of greenhouse gases; ‘‘Municipal Forum on Climate Change’’ means a Municipal Forum on Climate Change contemplated in section 9; ‘‘National Climate Change Response White Paper’’ means the White Paper on the National Climate Change Response published under Government Notice No. 757 in Gazette No. 34695 of 19 October 2011; ‘‘national department’’ means a department listed in Schedule 1 to the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994); ‘‘Nationally Determined Contribution’’ means the Nationally Determined Contribution, as amended from time to time, prepared in terms of Article 4(2) of the Paris Agreement and submitted by the Republic to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in terms of Article 4(12) of the Paris Agreement; ‘‘National Environmental Management Act’’means the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998); ‘‘national greenhouse gas emissions profile’’ means the latest trends in national greenhouse gas emission totals with and without sinks; ‘‘national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory’’ means the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory contemplated in section 24; ‘‘National Greenhouse Gas Inventory’’ means the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory contemplated in section 29; ‘‘organ of state’’ means an organ of state as defined in section 239 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; ‘‘Paris Agreement’’ means the Paris Agreement adopted by the Twenty-First Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015, and ratified by the Republic on 1 November 2016; ‘‘policies and measures’’ means the manner in which an organ of state exercises a power or performs a function in response to climate change through implementing planning instruments, policies and programmes to mitigate emis sions relating to the requirements stipulated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement or any other global climate change agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; ‘‘prescribe’’ means prescribe by regulation; ‘‘Presidential Climate Commission’’ means the Presidential Climate Commis sion referred to in section 10; 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 10 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 11 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 ‘‘Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha t ˆ hanganelano ya Muvhuso’’ zwi amba Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha t ˆ hanganelano ya Muvhuso wa, 2005 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 13 wa 2005); ‘‘tshanduko i pfadzaho’’ zwi amba u sudzuluwela kha zwa khaboni ya fhasi, ikonomi yo khwat ˆ helaho nahone i sa khakhisei na tshitshavha na ikhol ˆ odzhi ya ikonomi dzo khwat ˆ haho na zwitshavha zwine zwa dzhenela kha u sika mishumo yavhud ˆ i ya vhathu vhot ˆ he, hu tshi katelwa zwa matshilisano na u fhelisa vhushai; ‘‘Muvhuso Wapo: Mulayo wa Zwiimiswa zwa Masipala’’ zwi amba Muvhuso Wapo: Mulayo wa Zwiimiswa zwa Masipala wa, 1998 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 117 wa 1998); ‘‘n ˆ ed ˆ orobo’’, malugana na tshaka dzo fhambanaho dza mimasipala, zwi amba (a) n ˆ ed ˆ orobo o khethiwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo ya 48 ya Muvhuso Wapo: Mulayo wa Zwiimiswa zwa Masipala wa; kana (b) n ˆ ed ˆ orobo wa khorotshitumbe o khethiwaho u ya nga khethekanyo ya 55 ya Muvhuso Wapo: Mulayo wa Zwiimiswa zwa Masipala; ‘‘Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC)’’ zwi amba murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe ane khae Mulangavundu o mu hwesa vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha zwa mupo; ‘‘masipala wa d ˆ orobo khulwane’’ zwi amba masipala wa d ˆ orobo khulwane wo thomiwaho u ya nga Muvhuso Wapo: Mulayo wa Zwiimiswa zwa Masipala; ‘‘Minisit ˆ a’’ zwi amba Minisit ˆ a wa Khabinete a re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha zwa mafhungo a mupo; ‘‘phungudzo’’ zwi amba u dzhenela ha vhathu kha zwa u fhungudza zwiko kana u khwat ˆ hisa u tswonzwiwa ha khaboni ya gese dza tshikhalani; ‘‘Foramu ya Masipala ya Tshanduko ya Kilima’’ zwi amba Foramu ya Masipala ya Tshanduko ya Kilima sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo ya 9; ‘‘Nd ˆ ivhadzamulayotibe ya L ˆ iga l ˆ a Tshanduko ya Kilima l ˆ a Lushaka’’ zwi amba Nd ˆ ivhadzamulayotibe kha zwa L ˆ iga l ˆ a Tshanduko ya Kilima l ˆ a Lushaka yo and ˆ adzwaho kha nd ˆ ivhadzo ya Muvhuso ya nomboro ya. 757 kha Gazete ya nomboro ya. 34695 ya 19 Tshimedzi 2011; ‘‘muhasho wa lushaka’’ zwi amba muhasho u re kha mutevhe wa Shedul ˆ u ya 1 kha Mulayo wa Tshumelo ya Tshitshavha wa, 1994 (Mulevho wa nomboro ya. 103 wa 1994); ‘‘u Dzhenela ho Tiwaho nga Lushaka’’ zwi amba u Dzhenela ho Tiwaho nga Lushaka, sa zwine zwa khwin ˆ iswa misi yot ˆ he, zwo dzudzanywaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa Atikil ˆ i ya 4(2) ya Thendelano ya Paris nahone zwa n ˆ etshedzwa nga Riphabul ˆ iki kha Vhuṅwaleli ha Muteho wa Thendelano wa Lushaka kha zwa Tshanduko ya Kilima u ya nga Atikil ˆ i ya 4(12) ya Thendelano ya Paris; ‘‘Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka’’zwi amba Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka wa, 1998 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 107 wa 1998); ‘‘mbumbo ya vhubvagese ya tshikhalani ya lushaka’’ zwi amba zwine zwa khou itea zwinozwino kha zwa mabvele a gese ya tshikhalani zwi gumofulu zwi na mitswonzwo namusi zwi si na mitswonzwo; ‘‘nd ˆ ila ya vhubvagese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka’’ zwi amba nd ˆ ila ya mabvele a gese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo ya 24; ‘‘Mutevhe wa Gese ya Tshikhalani wa Lushaka’’ zwi amba Mutevhe wa Gese ya Tshikhalani wa Lushaka sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo ya 29; ‘‘tshiimiswa tsha muvhuso’’ zwi amba tshiimiswa tsha muvhuso sa zwe zwa t ˆ alutshedzwa kha khethekanyo ya 239 ya Ndayotewa ya Riphabul ˆ iki ya Afrika Tshipembe ya, 1996; ‘‘Thendelano ya Paris’’ zwi amba Thendelano ya Paris yo t ˆ anganedzwaho nga Khuvhangano ya Vhufumbili-Thihi ya Mutheo wa Thendelano ya Vhuthihi ha Mashango a Dzitshakatshaka kha zwa Tshanduko ya Kilima ngei Paris, France nga l ˆ a 12 Nyendavhusiku 2015, nahone wa tendelwa nga Riphabul ˆ iki nga l ˆ a 1 Lara 2016; ‘‘mbekanyamaitele na maga’’ zwi amba nd ˆ ila ine ngayo tshiimiswa tsha muvhuso tsha shumisa maand ˆ a kana tsha shuma tshi tshi khou tou dzhia l ˆ iga malugana na tshanduko ya kilima nga kha u shumisa zwishumiswa zwa vhupul ˆ ani, mbekanyamaitele na mbekanyamushumo dza u fhungudza u bva ha gese malugana na t ˆ hod ˆ ea dzo bulwaho kha Mutheo wa Thendelano ya Vhuthihi ha Mashango a Dzitshakatshaka, kha Tshanduko ya Kilima; ‘‘u randela’’ zwi amba u randela nga ndangulo; ‘‘Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde’’ zwi amba Khomishini ya Phresidennde ya zwa Kilima yo ambiwaho kha khethekanyo ya 10; 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 11 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 12 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 ‘‘Provincial Forum on Climate Change’’ means a Provincial Forum on Climate Change contemplated in section 8; ‘‘Public Finance Management Act’’ means the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999); ‘‘regulation’’ means a regulation made, and includes a notice issued, under this Act; ‘‘Resilience’’ means the capacity of social, economic and environmental systems to cope with a hazardous event or trend or disturbance, responding and re-organising in ways that maintain their essential function, identity and structure, while also maintaining the capacity for adaptation, learning and transformation; ‘‘sector’’ means a collective term for a group of activities with similar characteristics which either emit greenhouse gases or are vulnerable to climate change; ‘‘sectoral emissions targets’’ means quantitative or qualitative goals informed by sectoral policies and measures that may lead to greenhouse gas emission reductions, for the sector or sub-sector, over a defined time period as determined in terms of section 25; ‘‘sub-sector’’ means, in respect of mitigation, a further subdivision of a group of greenhouse gas emitting activities as defined by the latest version of the guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the World Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environment Programme in 1988; ‘‘sustainable development’’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the National Environmental Management Act; ‘‘synthetic greenhouse gas’’ means an artificial greenhouse gas as declared by the Minister in terms of section 28; ‘‘this Act’’ includes the Schedules to this Act and any regulations or notices issued under this Act; ‘‘United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’’ means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 1992, and ratified by the Republic on 29 August 1997; and ‘‘vulnerability’’ means the degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Objects of Act 2. The objects of this Act are to— (a) provide for a coordinated and integrated response by the economy and society to climate change and its impacts in accordance with the principles of cooperative governance; (b) provide for the effective management of inevitable climate change impacts by enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulner ability to climate change, with a view to building social, economic and environmental resilience and an adequate national adaptation response in the context of the global climate change response; (c) make a fair contribution to the global effort to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that avoids dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system; (d) to ensure a just transition towards a low carbon economy and society considering national circumstances; (e) give effect to the Republic’s international commitments and obligations in relation to climate change; and (f) protect and preserve the planet for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 12 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 13 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 ‘‘Foramu ya Vundu kha zwa Tshanduko ya Kilima’’ zwi amba Foramu ya Vundu kha zwa Tshanduko ya Kilima yo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 8; ‘‘Mulayo wa Ndango ya Masheleni a Tshitshavha’’ zwi amba Mulayo wa Ndango ya Masheleni a Tshitshavha wa, 1999 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 1 wa 1999); ‘‘ndangulo’’ zwi amba ndangulo yo itwaho, nahone hu katelwa nd ˆ ivhadzo yo n ˆ etshedzwaho nga fhasi ha uno Mulayo; ‘‘Khwat ˆ hela’’ zwi amba vhukoni ha sisit ˆ eme dza matshilisano, ikonomi na mupo kha u d ˆ owela zwithu zwi re khombo kana zwikhakhisi, l ˆ iga na nzudzanyo-hafhu nga nd ˆ ila dzine dza tikedza mushumo wa ndeme, vhun ˆ e na tshivhumbeo hu na u tikedza vhukoni ha u d ˆ owela, u guda na tshanduko; ‘‘sekithara ’’ zwi amba themokateli kha tshigwada tsha mishumo i re na zwit ˆ aluli zwine zwa fana zwine zwi a bvisa gese dza tshikhalani kana zwi na tshayatsireledzo kha u kwamea nga tshanduko ya kilima; ‘‘zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara’’ zwi amba zwipikwa zwa khwanthithethivi kana khwal ˆ ithethivi zwo d ˆ isendekaho kha mbekanyamaitele dza sekithara na maga ane a nga livhisa kha u fhungudzea ha u bva ha gese ya tshikhalani, kha sekithara kana sekithara t ˆ hukhu, nga murahu ha tshifhinga tsho t ˆ aluswaho sa zwe zwa tiwa u ya nga khethekanyo ya 25; ‘‘sekithara t ˆ hukhu’’ zwi amba, malugana na phungudzo, iṅwe khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya tshigwada tsha nyito dza u bvisa gese ya tshikhalani sa zwe zwa t ˆ alutshedzwa kha l ˆ iṅwalo l ˆ a zwino-zwino l ˆ a tshumband ˆ ila dza Phanel ˆ e ya t ˆ hanganelano ya Muvhuso kha zwa Tshanduko ya Kilima, yo thomiwaho nga Dzangano l ˆ a Vhubvumbamutsho l ˆ a L ˆ ifhasi na Mbekanyamushumo ya Mupo ya Vhuthihi ha Mashango a Dzitshakatshaka nga ṅwaha wa 1988; ‘‘mveledziso yo khwat ˆ haho’’ maipfi aya a na t ˆ halutshedzo ye ya vhofhekanywa nao kha khethekanyo ya 1 ya Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka; ‘‘Geseitwa ya tshikhalani’’ zwi amba gesenyitwa ya tshikhalani sa zwe zwa d ˆ ivhadzwa nga Minisit ˆ a u ya nga khethekanyo ya 28; ‘‘uno Mulayo’’ hu katelwa Shedul ˆ u kha uno Mulayo na ndangulo dziṅwe na dziṅwe kana nd ˆ ivhadzo dzi n ˆ etshedzwaho nga uno Mulayo; ‘‘Thendelano ya Mutheo ya Vhuthihi ha Mashango a Dzitshakatshaka kha zwa Tshanduko ya Kilima’’ zwi amba Thendelano ya Mutheo ya Vhuthihi ha Mashango a Dzitshakatshaka kha zwa Tshanduko ya Kilima yo t ˆ anganedzwaho nga Buthanonyangaredzi l ˆ a Vhuthihi ha Mashango a Dzitshakatshaka ngei NewYork nga ṅwaha wa 1992, nahone yo tendelwaho nga Riphabul ˆ iki nga l ˆ a 29 t ˆ hangule 1997; na ‘‘tshayatsireledzo’’ zwi amba tshikalo tshine sisit ˆ eme ya nga kona u kwamea, kana ya sa kone u d ˆ owela, masiandoitwa mavhi a tshanduko ya kilima, hu tshi katelwa u shandukashanduka ha kilima na khalulo. Zwipikwa zwa Mulayo 2. Zwipikwa zwa uno Mulayo ndi u— (a) ita mbetshelo ya l ˆ iga l ˆ o konanywaho nahone l ˆ o t ˆ anganelanaho nga ikonomi na tshitshavha kha zwa tshanduko ya kilima na t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza hone u ya nga ndayo dza tshumisano kha zwa mavhusele; (b) ita mbetshelo kha zwa ndango i shumaho zwavhud ˆ i ho sedzwa t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima nga u khwat ˆ hisa vhukonid ˆ owedzwa, u khwat ˆ hisa u tila na u fhungudza tshayatsireledzo kha tshanduko ya kilima, muhumbulo u wa u fhat ˆ a u sa kwamea ha zwa matshilisano, ikonomi na mupo na l ˆ iga l ˆ o linganelaho l ˆ a u d ˆ owedza lushaka kha nyimele ya l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima kha pulanete; (c) shela mulenzhe hu pfadzaho kha ndingedzo ya l ˆ ifhasi ya u dzikisa u d ˆ ala ha gese tshikhalani ngei tshikhalani kha l ˆ evhel ˆ e ine ya thivhela mulingo nga u khakhisa ha zwiito zwa vhathu kha sisit ˆ eme ya kilima; (d) vhona uri hu vhe na u shanduka hu pfadzaho kha zwa ikonomi na tshitshavha zwa khaboni ya fhasi hu tshi lavheleswa nyimele dza lushaka; (e) vhe na u shuma kha mbofho na vhud ˆ iimiseli kha zwa mashango a dzitshakatshaka nga Riphabul ˆ iki zwi tshi d ˆ a kha mafhungo a tshanduko ya kilima; na (f) tsireledza na u vhulunga pulanete hu tshi itelwa u vhuelwa ha mirafho ya vhathu vha re hone zwino na vhane vha khou d ˆ a. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 13 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 14 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 Principles 3. The interpretation and application of this Act must be guided by— (a) the national environmental management principles set out in section 2 of the National Environmental Management Act where applicable in this Act; (b) the principle that the climate system must be protected for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind; (c) the principle that acknowledges international equity and each country’s common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in light of different national circumstances; (d) a contribution to a just transition towards low-carbon, climate-resilient and ecologically sustainable economies and societies which contribute to the creation of decent work for all, social inclusion and the eradication of poverty; (e) the need for integrated management, in the context of climate change, which requires climate change considerations to be integrated into the making of decisions which may have a significant effect on the Republic’s ability to mitigate or which exacerbate its vulnerability to climate change; (f) the need for decision-making to consider the special needs and circumstances of localities and people that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, including vulnerable workers and groups such as women, especially poor and rural women, children, especially infants and child headed families, the aged, the poor, the sick and persons with disabilities; (g) the need for a risk-averse and cautious approach to be adopted, which takes into account the limits of current knowledge about causes and effects of climate change and the consequences of decisions and actions in relation thereto; (h) the need for climate change mitigation and adaptation responses to be informed by evolving climate change scientific knowledge and decisions which must be based on the best available science, evidence and information; (i) an effective climate change response which requires preventative measures to mitigate the causes of climate change and to strengthen resilience through the adoption of adaptation measures; (j) the costs of responding to the adverse impacts of climate change and of mitigation which must be paid for by those responsible for causing the adverse impacts; (k) an integrated climate change response which requires the enhancement of public awareness of climate change causes and impacts and the promotion of participation and action at all levels; and (l) a recognition that a robust and sustainable economy and a healthy society depends on the services that well-functioning ecosystems provide, and that enhancing the sustainability of the economic, social and ecological services is an integral component of an effective and efficient climate change response. Application of Act 4. (1) This Act applies to the Republic, including— (a) its internal waters, territorial waters, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the Republic as referred to in sections 3, 4, 7 and 8 of the Maritime Zones Act, 1994 (Act No.15 of 1994), respectively; and (b) the Prince Edward Islands referred to in the Prince Edward Islands Act, 1948 (Act No. 43 of 1948). (2) This Act binds all organs of state. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 14 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 15 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 Ndayo 3. Kut ˆ alutshedzele na kushumele kwa uno Mulayo zwi tea u sumbiwa nd ˆ ila nga— (a) ndayo dza ndango ya mupo dzo sumbedzwaho kha khethekanyo ya 2 ya Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka hune dza vha dzo tea kha uno Mulayo; (b) ndayo ya uri sisit ˆ eme ya kilima i tea u tsireledzwa u itela u vhuelwa ha mirafho ya vhathu ya zwino na ya tshifhinga tshi d ˆ aho; (c) ndayo ine ya t ˆ anganedza na u dzhiela nzhele u lingana kha mashango a dzitshakatshaka na zwine zwa fana kha shango l ˆ iṅwe na l ˆ iṅwe fhedzi hu tshi fhambana vhud ˆ ifhinduleli na vhukoni, ho sedzwa nyimele dza mashango o fhambanaho; (d) u shela mulenzhe kha tshanduko i pfadzaho kha zwa khaboni ya fhasi, kilima yo khwat ˆ helaho na zwitshavha na ikonomi zwa ikhol ˆ odzhi yo khwat ˆ haho zwine zwa shela mulenzhe kha u sikwa ha mishumo ya khwin ˆ e kha vhathu vhot ˆ he, u katelwa ha zwa matshilisano na pheliso ya vhushai; (e) t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya ndango yo t ˆ anganelanaho, kha nyimele ya tshanduko ya kilima, ine ya t ˆ od ˆ a ndavheleso na u dzhiela nzhele tshanduko ya kilima i tshi t ˆ anganyiswa kha u itwa ha tsheo dzine dza nga vha na masiandoitwa mahulu kha vhukoni ha Riphabul ˆ iki kha u fhungudza kana zwine zwa nga vhangula kana u n ˆ an ˆ isa tshayatsireledzo kha tshanduko ya kilima; (f) t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya u dzhia tsheo ya u lavhelesa t ˆ hod ˆ ea na nyimele dza tshipentshela kha vhupo hapo na vhathu vhane, nga maand ˆ esa a vho ngo tsireledzea kha masiandoitwa mavhi a tshanduko ya kilima, hu tshi katelwa vhashumi vha songo tsireledzeaho na zwigwada zwa vhathu u tou fana na vhafumakadzi, zwihulusa vhashai na vhafumakadzi vha vhupo ha mahayani, vhana, zwihulusa dzitshetshe na mit ˆ a ine ya rangwa phand ˆ a nga vhana, vhaaluwa, vhashai, vhathu vhane vha khou lwala na vhathu vha re na vhuholefhali; (g) t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya nd ˆ ila ya u sa funa khovhakhombo na u dzhiela zwithu nzhele i tea u t ˆ anganedzwa, zwine zwa dzhiela nt ˆ ha phungudzelo dza nd ˆ ivho i re hone zwino nga ha zwivhangi na masiandoitwa a tshanduko ya kilima na masiandoitwa a tsheo na nyito kha zwenezwi; (h) t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya phungudzo ya tshanduko ya kilima na maga a vhud ˆ owedzi i d ˆ o d ˆ isendeka kha nd ˆ ivho ya sainthifiki ine ya khou vha hone nga ha tshanduko ya kilima na tsheo dzine dza tea u sendekwa kha mafhungo, vhut ˆ anzi na saintsi zwi re hone; (i) l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ ine l ˆ a shuma zwavhud ˆ i l ˆ ine l ˆ a t ˆ od ˆ a maga a u fhungudza zwivhangi zwa tshanduko ya kilima na u khwat ˆ hisa vhukhwat ˆ heli nga kha u t ˆ anganedza maga a vhud ˆ owedzi; (j) mbadelo dza u shumana na masiandoitwa mavhi a tshanduko ya kilima na a phungudzo dzine dza tea u badelwa nga avho vha re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha u vhanga masiandoitwa mavhi; (k) l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ o t ˆ anganelanaho l ˆ ine l ˆ a t ˆ od ˆ a khwat ˆ hiso ya tshitshavha tshine tsha d ˆ ivha nga ha zwivhangi na masiandoitwa zwa tshanduko ya kilima na u t ˆ ut ˆ uwedza u dzhenela na nyito kha masia ot ˆ he; na (l) u dzhiela nzhele uri ikonomi yo dzingindelaho na tshitshavha tshi re na mutakalo wavhud ˆ i zwo sendeka kha tshumelo dzine ekhosisit ˆ eme ine ya khou shuma zwavhud ˆ i ya n ˆ etshedza, na u khwat ˆ hisa tshumelo dza zwa ikonomi, zwa matshilisano na ikhol ˆ odzhi ndi tshipid ˆ a tsha ndemesa kha l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ ine l ˆ a shuma zwavhud ˆ i. Kushumisele kwa Mulayo 4. (1) Uno Mulayo u shuma kha Riphabul ˆ iki, hu tshi katelwa— (a) mad ˆ i a ngomu ha Riphabul ˆ iki, mad ˆ i a re kha mavu a Riphabul ˆ iki, zounu ya ikonomi yo khetheaho na kha phendelashango zwa Riphabul ˆ iki zwine zwo ambiwa kha khethekanyo dza 3, 4, 7 na 8 dza Mulayo wa Dzizounu dza Lwanzhe wa, 1994 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya.15 wa 1994), na (b) zwit ˆ angadzime zwa Prince Edward zwine izwi zwo ambiwa kha Mulayo wa Zwit ˆ angadzime zwa Prince Edward wa, 1948 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 43 wa 1948). (2) Uno Mulayo u vhofha zwiimiswa zwot ˆ he zwa muvhuso. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 15 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 16 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 Application of National Environmental Management Act 5. (1) This Act must, in relation to climate change, be read, interpreted and applied in conjunction with the National Environmental Management Act. (2) This Act must be regarded as a specific environmental management Act as defined in section 1 of the National Environmental Management Act. Conflict with other legislation 6. In the event of any conflict between a provision of this Act and other legislation specifically relating to climate change, this Act prevails. CHAPTER 2 POLICY ALIGNMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS Alignment of policies 7. (1) Every organ of state that exercises a power or performs a function that is affected by climate change, or is entrusted with powers and duties aimed at the achievement, promotion and protection of a sustainable environment, must review and if necessary revise, amend, coordinate and harmonise their policies, laws, measures, programmes and decisions in order to— (a) ensure that the risks of climate change impacts and associated vulnerabilities are taken into consideration; and (b) give effect to the principles and objects set out in this Act. (2) In order to give effect to the principles and objects set out in this Act, organised labour, civil society, business, traditional leaders and other relevant stakeholders may advise on the Republic’s climate change response, the mitigation of climate change impacts and adaptation to the effects of climate change towards the attainment of the just transition to a climate resilient and low carbon economy and society. Provincial Forums on Climate Change 8. (1) Every Premier’s intergovernmental forum, established in terms of section 16 of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, also serves as a Provincial Forum on Climate Change. (2) Sections 17 and 19 of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act apply to a Provincial Forum on Climate Change. (3) A Provincial Forum on Climate Change must— (a) coordinate climate change response actions in the relevant province in accordance with this Act; and (b) provide a report to the President’s Coordinating Council in terms of section 20(a) of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, which report must include climate change considerations. (4) A Provincial Forum on Climate Change may establish an intergovernmental technical support structure in terms of section 30 of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act if there is a need for formal technical support to the Provincial Forum on Climate Change. Municipal Forums on Climate Change 9. (1) Every district intergovernmental forum, established in terms of section 24 of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, also serves as a Municipal Forum on Climate Change. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 16 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 17 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 U shumiswa ha Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka 5. (1) Zwi tshi kwama tshanduko ya kilima, uno Mulayo u tea u vhalwa, u t ˆ alutshedzwa na u shumiswa u tshi t ˆ anganyiswa na Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka. (2) Uno Mulayo u tea u dzhiiwa sa Mulayo wa ndango ya mupo wo t ˆ aluswaho kana wa tshipentshela sa zwe zwa t ˆ alutshedzwa kha khethekanyo ya 1 ya Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka. Khud ˆ ano na muṅwe mulayosiṅwa 6. Kha nyimele ya musi hu na khud ˆ ano iṅwe na iṅwe vhukati ha mbetshelo ya uno Mulayo na muṅwe mulayosiṅwa wo sedzaho kha zwa tshanduko ya kilima, uno Mulayo ndi wone une wa d ˆ o shumiswa. NDIMA YA 2 NDIVHANYISO YA MBEKANYAMAITELE NA NZUDZANYO DZA TSHIIMISWA Ndivhanyiso ya dzimbekanyamaitele 7. (1) Tshiimiswa tshiṅwe na tshiṅwe tsha muvhuso tshine tsha shumisa maand ˆ a kana u shuma mushumo une wa kwamea nga tshanduko ya kilima, kana tsho hweswaho maand ˆ a na mishumo ine ndivho ya hone ndi u swikelela, u t ˆ ut ˆ uwedza na tsireledzo ya mupo wo khwat ˆ helaho, tshi tea u t ˆ hat ˆ huvha nahone arali zwi tshi t ˆ od ˆ ea tshi shandukise, khwin ˆ ise, konanye na u kwakwanyisa mbekanyamaitele, milayo, maga, mbekanya maitele na tsheo dzatsho u itela u— (a) vhona uri khovhakhombo dza t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima na vhushayatsireledzo zwi dzhielwe nzhele; na (b) shumisa ndayo na zwipikwa zwo sumbedzwaho kha uno Mulayo. (2) U itela u shuma ha ndayo na zwipikwa zwo sumbedzwaho kha uno Mulayo, madzangano a zwa vhashumi, tshitshavha tsha vhadzulapo, mabindu, vharangaphand ˆ a vha sialala na vhaṅwe vhafaramikovhe vha nga eletshedza malugana na l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ a Riphabul ˆ iki, t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo na vhud ˆ owedzi zwa tshanduko ya kilima kha masiandoitwa a tshanduko ya kilima kha u swikelela tshanduko i pfadzaho kha u khwat ˆ hela ha kilima na tshitshavha na ikonomi zwi re na khaboni ya fhasi. Foramu dza Mavundu dza Tshanduko ya Kilima 8. (1) Iṅwe na iṅwe foramu ya t ˆ hanganelano ya muvhusho ya Mulangavundu, yo thomiwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo ya 16 ya Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha t ˆ hanganelano ya Muvhuso, i shuma-vho sa Foramu ya Vundu ya Tshanduko ya Kilima. (2) Khethekanyo ya 17 na 19 ya Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha t ˆ hanganelano ya Muvhuso dzi shuma kha Foramu ya Vundu ya Tshanduko ya Kilima. (3) Foramu ya Vundu ya Tshanduko ya Kilima i tea u— (a) konanya nyito dza l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima kha vundu l ˆ o teaho hu ya nga uno Mulayo; na (b) fha muvhigo Khoro ya u Konanya ya Phresidennde u ya nga khethekanyo ya 20(a) ya Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha t ˆ hanganelano ya Muvhuso, une uyo muvhigo u katela ndavheleso dza tshanduko ya kilima. (4) Foramu ya Vundu ya Tshanduko ya Kilima i nga thoma tshiimiswa tsha thikhedzo ya thekhenikhal ˆ a u ya nga khethekanyo ya 30 ya Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha t ˆ hanganelano ya Muvhuso arali hu na t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya thikedzo ya thekhenikhal ˆ a ya fomal ˆ a kha Foramu ya Vundu ya Tshanduko ya Kilima. Foramu dza Mimasipala dza Tshanduko ya Kilima 9. (1) Iṅwe na iṅwe Foramu ya t ˆ hanganelano ya muvhuso ya tshit ˆ iriki, yo thomiwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo ya 24 ya Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha Muvhuso, i shuma-vho sa Foramu ya Masipala ya Tshanduko ya Kilima. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 17 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 18 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (2) Sections 25 and 27 of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act apply to a Municipal Forum on Climate Change. (3) A Municipal Forum on Climate Change must— (a) coordinate climate change response actions for those activities within the operational control of the relevant municipality in accordance with this Act; and (b) provide a report on such actions to the relevant Provincial Forum on Climate Change. (4) A Municipal Forum on Climate Change may establish an intergovernmental technical support structure in terms of section 30 of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act if there is a need for formal technical support to the Municipal Forum on Climate Change. Presidential Climate Commission 10. (1) (a) The Presidential Climate Commission which existed immediately before the commencement of this Act continues to exist. (b) A person who was a commissioner of the Presidential Climate Commission immediately prior to the commencement of this Act will, subject to subsection (6), continue to serve as a commissioner for the remainder of the term for which such commissioner was appointed. (2) The Presidential Climate Commission will, upon being listed as a public entity in Schedule 3 to the Public Finance Management Act, be a national public entity for purposes of the Public Finance Management Act and will be subject to the provisions of the said Act. (3) The Presidential Climate Commission is independent, impartial and will have the full legal capacity of a juristic person once it is listed as a national public entity in Schedule 3 to the Public Finance Management Act. (4) (a) The President must appoint not more than 25 members who will serve as commissioners of the Presidential Climate Commission, comprising representatives of, including but not limited to, a fair representation of government, organised labour, civil society, traditional leaders, the South African Local Government Association and business, to advise on the Republic’s climate change response, the mitigation of climate change impacts and adaptation to the effects of climate change towards the attainment of the just transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy and society. (b) A serving member of Parliament, as well as a member of a provincial legislature and a member of a municipal council, except a member of a municipal council who has been nominated by the South African Local Government Association, may not be appointed as a commissioner of the Presidential Climate Commission. (5) Ministers, whose portfolios are affected by the work of the Presidential Climate Commission, must be invited to attend the meetings of the Presidential Climate Commission. (6) The commissioners of the Presidential Climate Commission are appointed for a period of five years, renewable for one further period not exceeding five years. (7) The Presidential Climate Commission is chaired by the President. (8) The President must appoint a deputy chairperson. (9) In the absence of the chairperson, the deputy chairperson must perform all functions of the chairperson. (10) The Presidential Climate Commission may— (a) determine its own procedures to be followed at its meetings; (b) adopt a code of conduct for the commissioners of the Presidential Climate Commission; and (c) adopt rules which list the circumstances under which a commissioner may be removed, as well as the process for such removal. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 18 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 19 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (2) Khethekanyo dza 25 na 27 dza Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha t ˆ hanganelano ya Muvhuso dzi shuma kha Foramu ya Masipala ya Tshanduko ya Kilima. (3) Foramu ya Masipala ya Tshanduko ya Kilima i tea u— (a) konanya nyito dza l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima kha iyo mishumo i re nga ngumu ha zwine ya zwi shuma nahone ya zwi langa kha masipala zwo teaho u ya nga uno Mulayo; na (b) fha muvhigo Foramu ya Vundu ya Tshanduko ya Kilima yo teaho malugana na iyo mishumo. (4) Foramu ya Masipala ya Tshanduko ya Kilima i nga thoma tshiimiswa tsha thikhedzo ya thekhenikhal ˆ a ya t ˆ hanganelano ya muvhuso u ya nga khethekanyo ya 30 ya Mulayo wa Mutheo wa Vhushaka ha t ˆ hanganelano ya Muvhuso arali hu na t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya uri hu vhe na thikhedzo ya thekhenikhal ˆ a ya fomal ˆ a kha Foramu ya Masipala ya Tshanduko ya Kilima. Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde 10. (1) (a) Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde yo vha ho hone phand ˆ a ha u thoma u shumiswa uno Mulayo i ya phand ˆ a na u dzula i hone. (b) Muthu we a vha e khomishinari wa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde phand ˆ a ha u thoma u shumiswa uno Mulayo, hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (6), u ya phand ˆ a na u shuma sa khomishinari lwa tshifhinga tsho salaho tsha uho u tholiwa hawe. (2) Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde, musi i tshi tou vha kha mutevhe wa zwiimiswa zwa tshitshavha kha Shedul ˆ u ya 3 kha Mulayo wa Ndango ya Masheleni a Tshitshavha, i d ˆ o mbo d ˆ i vha tshiimiswa tsha tshitshavha u itela ndivho dza Mulayo wa Ndango ya Masheleni a Tshitshavha na Mulayo wo bulwaho. (3) Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde yo d ˆ iimisaho, a i dzhii sia nahone i d ˆ o vha na vhukoni ho fhelelaho ha u vha tshiimiswa tshi re mulayoni musi i tshi tou vha kha mutevhe wa zwiimiswa zwa tshitshavha kha Shedul ˆ u ya 3 kha Mulayo wa Ndango ya Masheleni a Tshitshavha. (4) (a) Phresidennde u tea u thola mirad ˆ o i sa ho fhiri 25 ine ya d ˆ o shuma sa dzikhomishinari dza Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde, ine ya vhumbwa nga vhaimeli, hu tshi katelwa vha sa gumiho kha, u imelwa hu pfadzaho ha muvhuso, madzango a vhashumi, tshitshavha tsha vhadzulapo, vhurangaphand ˆ a ha sialala, Asosiesheni ya Muvhuso Wapo ya Afrika Tshipembe na mabindu, u itela u eletshedza nga ha l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ a Riphabul ˆ iki, phungudzo ya t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo ya tshanduko ya kilima na vhud ˆ owedzi kha masiandoitwa a tshanduko ya kilima malugana na u swikelelwa ha tshanduko i pfadzaho kha zwa khaboni ya fhasi na tshitshavha na ikonomi zwo dzingindelaho. (b) Murad ˆ o wa Phalamennde ane a khou sa murad ˆ o Phalamenndeni, khathihi na murad ˆ o wa vhusimamilayo ha vundu na murad ˆ o wa khoro ya masipala, hu sa katelwi murad ˆ o wa khoro ya masipala ane o n ˆ angiwa nga Asosiasheni ya Muvhuso Wapo ya Afrika Tshipembe, a nga si tholwe sa khomishinari wa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde. (5) Dziminisit ˆ a, dzine maimo adzo a kwamea nga mushumo wa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde, dzi tea u rambiwa uri dzi dzhenele mit ˆ angano ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde. (6) Khomishinari dza Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde dzi tholwa lwa tshifhinga tsha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu, ine ya vusuludzwa hafhu luthihi lwa tshiṅwe tshifhinga tshi sa pad ˆ i miṅwaha mit ˆ anu. (7) Mudzulatshidulo wa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde ndi Phresidennde. (8) Phresidennde u tea u thola muthusamudzulatshidulo. (9) Musi mudzulatshidulo a si ho, muthusamudzulatshidulo u tea u shuma mishumo yot ˆ he ya mudzulatshidulo. (10) Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde i nga— (a) ta maitele ayo ane a d ˆ o tevhelwa kha mit ˆ angano yayo; (b) t ˆ anganedza mulayo wa vhud ˆ ifari wa khomishinari dza Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde; na (c) t ˆ anganedza ndayo dzine dza ita mutevhe wa nyimele dzine nga fhasi hadzo, khomishinari a nga bvisiwa kha vhuimo ha u vha khomishinari, khathihi na kuitele kwa uho u bvisiwa. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 19 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 20 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 Functions of Presidential Climate Commission 11. (1) The functions of the Presidential Climate Commission are to— (a) advise on the Republic’s climate change response to ensure realisation of the vision for effective climate change response and the long-term just transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient-economy and society; (b) advise government on the mitigation of climate change impacts, including through the reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases, and adapting to the effects of climate change; and (c) advise government on any socio-economic matter related to the just transition. (2) The Presidential Climate Commission may establish committees to assist it in the performance of its functions and may delegate or assign such functions to such committees. (3) The committees established in terms of subsection (2) must be composed of persons suitably qualified in environmental management, climate change mitigation, finance, law and related fields. Process of appointment 12. (1) Before appointing the commissioners in terms of section 10(4), the President must— (a) invite nominations by notice in the Gazette and in at least two nationally circulated newspapers; and (b) in the notice referred to in paragraph (a), specify the period within which nominations must be submitted and stipulate the procedure to be adopted regarding such nominations. (2) The composition of the Presidential Climate Commission must— (a) broadly reflect the demographics and gender composition of the Republic; and (b) be appropriately qualified and have expertise in the socio-economic, environmental and broader sustainability field. (3) The role of a commissioner is to provide advice to the Presidential Climate Commission on the Republic’s climate change response, the mitigation of climate change impacts and adaptation to the effects of climate change towards the attainment of the just transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy and society. (4) No person shall be appointed as a commissioner unless he or she is a South African citizen. (5) Commissioners who are not in the employment of the state are eligible for remuneration. (6) The remuneration of commissioners must be determined by the Minister in consultation with the Minister of Finance. Appointment of Executive Director 13. (1) The Minister must appoint a person with appropriate qualifications, experience and expertise as the Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Commission following a competitive recruitment process. (2) The Executive Director is the accounting authority who must perform the functions of office in accordance with this Act. (3) A person appointed as Executive Director holds office— (a) for an agreed term not exceeding five years, but which is renewable for one further period of no longer than five years; and (b) on terms and conditions determined by the Minister, which must include salary, allowances, benefits and performance standards after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Minister of Finance. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 20 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 21 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 Mishumo ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde ya zwa 11. (1) Mishumo ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde ndi u— (a) eletshedza zwa l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ a Riphabul ˆ iki u itela u vhona uri hu vhe na u kumafhadza bono u itela l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ ine l ˆ a shuma zwavhud ˆ i na tshanduko i pfadzaho ya tshifhinga tshilapfu kha khaboni ya fhasi na tshitshavha na ikonomi ya kilima zwo khwat ˆ helaho; (b) eletshedza muvhuso kha zwa u fhungudza t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima, hu tshi katelwa zwa u fhungudza mabvele a gese dza tshikhalani, na vhud ˆ owedzi kha masiandoitwa a tshanduko ya kilima; na (c) u eletshedza muvhuso kha fhungo l ˆ iṅwe na l ˆ iṅwe l ˆ i kwamaho tshanduko ine ya pfadza. (2) Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde i nga thoma komiti dza u i thusa kha u shuma mishumo yayo nahone i nga hwesa kana ya fha iyo mishumo kha idzo komiti. (3) Komiti dzo thomiwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (2) dzi tea u vha na vhathu vho teaho vha re na ndalukano dza ndangamupo, phungudzo ya tshanduko ya kilima, zwa masheleni na maṅwe masia o teaho. Kuitele kwa u thola 12. (1) Phand ˆ a ha musi hu tshi tholwa khomishinari u ya nga khethekanyo ya 10(4), Phresidennde u tea u— (a) ita khuwelelo ya uri vhathu vha ite zwa u n ˆ anga, izwi zwi itwe nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete na gurannd ˆ a dzi si ho fhasi ha mbili dzine dza phad ˆ aladzwa na lushaka lwot ˆ he; na (b) kha nd ˆ ivhadzo yo bulwaho kha pharagirafu ya (a), a t ˆ aluse tshifhinga tshine zwa u n ˆ anga zwa tea u d ˆ iswa kana u n ˆ etshedzwa nahone a bule na kuitele kune kwa d ˆ o t ˆ anganedzwa malugana na u n ˆ anga. (2) Kuvhumbele kwa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde ku tea u— (a) nga vhuphara ku tea u vhonala ku na mirafho na mbeu zwa Riphabul ˆ iki; na (b) u vha na vhathu vha re na ndalukano dzo teaho na vhud ˆ ivhi ho teaho kha zwa ikonomi ya matshilisano, mupo na vhuphara ha zwa sia l ˆ o khwat ˆ haho. (3) Mushumo wa khomishinari ndi u fha nyeletshedzo kha Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde kha l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ a Riphabul ˆ iki, vhud ˆ owedzi na t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo zwa phungudzo ya tshanduko ya kilima kha masiandoitwa u itela u swikelela tshanduko i pfadzaho kha zwa khaboni ya fhasi na ikonomi na tshitshavha zwi re na kilima yo khwat ˆ helaho. (4) A hu na muthu ane a tea u tholwa sa khomishinari nga nnd ˆ a ha musi a mudzulapo wa Afrika Tshipembe. (5) Khomishinari dzine a dzo ngo tholwa muvhusoni dzi a tea u holelwa. (6) Muholo wa khomishinari u tea u tiwa nga Minisit ˆ a a tshi khou kwamana na Minisit ˆ a wa zwa masheleni. U tholwa ha Mulangi wa Khorotshitumbe 13. (1) Minisit ˆ a u tea u thola muthu a re na ndalukano dzo teaho, tshenzhemo yo teaho na vhud ˆ ivhesesi ho teaho sa Mulangi wa Khorotshitumbe ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde, izwi zwi itwe nga murahu ha kuitele kwa u tou t ˆ at ˆ isanwa musi hu tshi tholwa. (2) Mulangi wa Khorotshitumbe ndi ene maand ˆ alanga a re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ane a tea u shuma mishumo ya ofisi u ya nga uno Mulayo. (3) Muthu o tholwaho sa Mulangi wa Khorotshitumbe u vha kha ofisi— (a) lwa tshifhinga tsho tendelanwaho tshine a tshi pad ˆ i miṅwaha mit ˆ anu, fhedzi tshifhinga itshi tshi a vusuludzwa lwa tshifhinga tshiṅwe tshine tsha sa fhire miṅwaha mit ˆ anu; na (b) zwo sendeka kha zwine zwa tea u tevhedzwa zwine zwo tiwa nga Minisit ˆ a, zwine zwa tea u katela muholo, mitendelo, mbuelo na zwilinganyo zwa kushumele nga murahu ha u dzhiela nzhele themendelo dza Minisit ˆ a wa Masheleni. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 21 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 22 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 Financial administration 14. (1) The Presidential Climate Commission must comply with the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act. (2) The Presidential Climate Commission must be funded from moneys— (a) appropriated by Parliament for that purpose through its respective departmen tal vote in terms of the Public Finance Management Act; and (b) received by way of grants, donations or inheritance from any of the social partners or any source, whether inside or outside the Republic, in accordance with a fundraising strategy to be adopted by the Presidential Climate Commission from time to time. (3) Monies appropriated by Parliament for this purpose— (a) constitutes earmarked funds on the Minister’s departmental vote; and (b) may not be used by the Presidential Climate Commission for any other purpose without the approval of Parliament. (4) The fundraising strategy contemplated in subsection (2)(b) shall provide that such funding, amongst others— (a) must be unconditional other than that it will be used towards the fulfilment of the functions of the Presidential Climate Commission; (b) will not result in a conflict of interests for the Presidential Climate Commission or any commissioner; and (c) must be disclosed in full in accordance with this Act and any other applicable legislation. (5) All grants, donations and inheritances must be disclosed in the annual report of the Presidential Climate Commission and all material grants, donations and inheritance must be itemised. Reporting to government 15. (1) The Presidential Climate Commission must submit its reports, studies, strategies, recommendations and related information to the National Assembly and to the Ministers whose Portfolios may be affected, for information purposes, within 30 days of the finalisation thereof. (2) The Presidential Climate Commission must furnish the National Assembly with such additional information and particulars as the National Assembly may from time to time require in writing in connection with the activities or functions of the Presidential Climate Commission. (3) The National Assembly may require the Presidential Climate Commission to provide a report on any advice and guidance it has provided to government in terms of section 11. (4) The reports of the Presidential Climate Commission must be made available to the public by publication on the Presidential Climate Commission’s website. (5) The Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Commission must submit to the Minister— (a) at the end of every quarter, a report on the Presidential Climate Commission’s activities, the performance of its functions and expenditure, including the implementation of its approved strategic plan; and (b) annually, within six months after the end of each financial year, the Presidential Climate Commission’s financial statements and the audit report on such financial statements. (6) The Minister must table, in the National Assembly, the reports and financial statements submitted in terms of subsection (3)— (a) within 15 business days after receiving the reports and financial statements from the Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Commission; or (b) if the National Assembly is not then sitting, within 15 business days after the commencement of the next sitting. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 22 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 23 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 Ndaulo ya masheleni 14. (1) Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde i tea u tevhedza mbetshelo dza Mulayo wa Ndango ya Masheleni a Tshitshavha. (2) Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde i tea u n ˆ ewa masheleni a bvaho kha— (a) nyavhelo nga Phalamennde u itela iyo ndivho nga kha vouthu ya muhasho wo teaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa Mulayo wa Ndango ya Masheleni a Muvhuso; na (b) a t ˆ anganedzwaho nga nd ˆ ila ya magavhelo, ndambedzo kana vhul ˆ aifa u bva kha t ˆ hama dza matshilisano kana tshiko tshiṅwe na tshiṅwe, hu nga vha ngomu kana nga nnd ˆ a ha Riphabul ˆ iki, u ya nga nd ˆ ila ya nyalusatshikwama ine ya d ˆ o t ˆ anganedzwa nga Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde misi yot ˆ he. (3) Masheleni a avhelwaho nga Phalamennde hu tshi itelwa ino ndivho a— (a) vhumba masheleni o gadziwaho kha vouthu ya Minisit ˆ a wa muhasho; na (b) nga si shumiswe nga Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde kha ndivho iṅwe na iṅwe hu si na thendelo ya Phalamennde. (4) Nd ˆ ila ya nyalusatshikwama yo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (2)(b) i tea u vhetshela uri ayo masheleni, vhukati ha zwiṅwe— (a) a tea u sa vha na phungudzelo kana zwine zwa tea u tevhedzwa nga nnd ˆ a ha uri a d ˆ o shumiswa kha u fusha mishumo ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde; (b) a i nga d ˆ o fhedza i tshi vha na khud ˆ ano ya madzangalelo kha Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde kana kha khomishinari muṅwe na muṅwe; na (c) i tea u bvukululwa nga vhud ˆ alo u ya nga uno Mulayo na muṅwe mulayosiṅwa muṅwe na muṅwe wo teaho. (5) Magavhelo ot ˆ he, ndambedzo na vhul ˆ aifa zwi tea u bvukululwa kha muvhigo wa ṅwaha wa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde na magavhelo ot ˆ he, ndambedzo dzot ˆ he na vhul ˆ aifa hot ˆ he zwi tou itwa zwiteṅwa. U vhiga kha muvhuso 15. (1) Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde i tea u isa mivhigo, dzingudo, zwit ˆ iratedzhi, themendelo na mafhungo o teaho kha Buthano l ˆ a Lushaka na kha Dziminisit ˆ a dzine Mishumo yadzo i nga kwamea, u itela ndivho dza mafhungo, hu saathu fhela mad ˆ uvha a 30 a musi izwi zwo khunyeledzwa. (2) Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde i tea u fha Buthano l ˆ a Lushaka ayo mafhungonyengedzwa na zwidodombedzwa sa musi a tshi nga t ˆ od ˆ iwa nga Buthano l ˆ a Lushaka misi yot ˆ he nga u tou ṅwala malugana na mishumo kana zwi itwaho nga Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde. (3) Buthano l ˆ a Lushaka l ˆ i nga t ˆ od ˆ a Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde i tshi n ˆ etshedza muvhigo malugana na nyeletshedzo na tsumbedzelo dze ya fha muvhuso u ya nga khethekanyo ya 11. (4) Mivhigo ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde i tea u itwa uri i wanwe nga tshitshavha nga u and ˆ adzwa kha webusaithi ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde. (5) Mulangi wa Khorotshitumbe wa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde u fanela u isa kha Minisit ˆ a— (a) mafheloni a kotara iṅwe na iṅwe a ise muvhigo nga ha mishumo ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde, kushumele kha mishumo yayo Khomishini na mashumisele a masheleni, hu tshi katelwa u shumiswa ha pul ˆ ane ya tshit ˆ iratedzhi yo tendelwaho; na (b) nga ṅwaha hu saathu fhela miṅwedzi ya rathi nga murahu ha mafhelo a ṅwaha wa muvhalelano muṅwe na muṅwe, a ise zwit ˆ at ˆ amennde zwa masheleni a Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde na muvhigo wa t ˆ holambalelano nga ha izwo zwit ˆ at ˆ amennde zwa masheleni. (6) Minisit ˆ a u fanela u ita nzudzanyo dza uri mivhigo na zwit ˆ at ˆ amennde zwa masheleni zwe zwa d ˆ iswa khae zwi lavheleswe ngei Buthanoni l ˆ a Lushaka u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (3)— (a) hu saathu fhela mad ˆ uvha a 15 a mushumo nga murahu ha musi o t ˆ anganedza mivhigo na zwit ˆ at ˆ amennde zwine zwa bva kha Mulangi wa Khorotshitumbe wa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde; kana (b) arali Buthano l ˆ a Lushaka l ˆ i sa khou dzula, izwi zwi itwe hu saathu fhela mad ˆ uvha a 15 nga murahu ha dzulo l ˆ ine l ˆ a khou tevhela. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 23 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 24 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 Administrative and secretariat support 16. (1) The Executive Director must appoint the secretariat of the Presidential Climate Commission in consultation with National Treasury. (2) The secretariat is responsible for the management of the administrative affairs of the Presidential Climate Commission, the preparation of meetings and the running of the day-to-day operations, communications and research of the Presidential Climate Commission. CHAPTER 3 CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE: PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES Climate change response 17. (1) An MEC and a mayor of a metropolitan or district municipality, as the case may be, must— (a) at least within one year of the publication of the National Adaptation Strategy and Plan contemplated in section 21, undertake a climate change needs and response assessment for the province, metropolitan or district municipality, as the case may be; (b) for the purposes of paragraph (c), assess the extent to which its constitution ally mandated functions are affected by climate change and formulate steps to address these effects in the performance of its functions; (c) review and, to the extent necessary, amend and publish in the Gazette the climate change needs and response assessment at least once every five years; (d) at least within two years of undertaking the climate change needs and response assessment contemplated in paragraph (a), develop, implement and publish in the Gazette a climate change response implementation plan as a component of, and in conjunction with, provincial, metropolitan or district municipal planning instruments, policies and programmes; and (e) review and, to the extent necessary, amend and publish in the Gazette the climate change response implementation plan at least once every five years. (2) The climate change needs and response assessment, contemplated in subsection (1)(a), must— (a) identify climate change response considerations and options; (b) analyse the nature and characteristics of the province or metropolitan or district municipality, as the case may be, and the particular and unique climate change needs and risks that arise as a result of such nature and characteristics; (c) identify and spatially map, within the sphere of operations of the province, district or metropolitan municipality, as the case may be, risks, vulnerabilities, areas, ecosystems and communities that will arise, or that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; (d) be based on the best available science, evidence and information; and (e) identify and determine measures and mechanisms to manage and implement the required climate change response. (3) A climate change response implementation plan, contemplated in subsection (1)(d), must— (a) be informed by the climate change needs and response assessment contem plated in subsection (1)(a); (b) include measures or programmes relating to both adaptation and mitigation in line with the constitutional mandate of the province, or the metropolitan or district municipality; and (c) comply with any requirements as may be prescribed by the Minister inclusive of the relevant technical guidelines. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 24 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 25 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 Thuso ya ndaulo na vhuṅwaleli 16. (1) Mulangi wa Khorotshitumbe u tea u thola vhuṅwaleli ha Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde a tshi khou kwamana na Vhufaragwama ha Lushaka. (2) Vhuṅwaleli vhu na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha ndango ya mafhungo a ndaulo ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde, u dzudzanya mit ˆ angano na u tshimbidza mashumele a d ˆ uvha na d ˆ uvha, vhudavhidzani na t ˆ hod ˆ isiso ya Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde. NDIMA YA 3 L ˆ IGA L ˆ A TSHANDUKO YA KILIMA: MAVUNDU NA MIMASIPALA L ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima 17. (1) Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe na n ˆ ed ˆ orobo wa masipala wa d ˆ orobo khulwane kana masipala wa tshit ˆ iriki, u ya nga hune nyimele ya vha zwone, vha tea— (a) uri lu si ho fhasi ha luthihi kha ṅwaha musi ho vha na nyand ˆ adzo ya Pul ˆ ane na Tshit ˆ iratedzhi tsha Vhud ˆ owedzi tsha Lushaka sa zwo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 21, vha tea u ita t ˆ hat ˆ huvho ya l ˆ iga na t ˆ hod ˆ ea dza tshanduko ya kilima kha vundu, masipala wa d ˆ orobo khulwane kana masipala wa tshit ˆ iriki, u ya nga hune nyimele ya vha zwone; (b) vha tshi itela ndivho dza pharagirafu ya (c), vha t ˆ hat ˆ huvhe vhuhulu ha mishumo yo hweswaho nga ndayotewa uri iyi mishumo i kwamea hani nga tshanduko ya kilima nahone hu vhe na u ita maga a u tandulula aya masiandoitwa kha u shuma mishumo yayo; (c) u t ˆ ola na, u ya kha vhuhulu vhu t ˆ od ˆ eaho, vha khwin ˆ ise na u and ˆ adza kha Gazete vha tshi and ˆ adza t ˆ hat ˆ huvho ya l ˆ iga na t ˆ hod ˆ ea dza tshanduko ya kilima lu si ho fhasi ha luthihi kha miṅwaha miṅwe na miṅwe mit ˆ anu; (d) lu si ho fhasi ha miṅwaha mivhili ya u ita t ˆ hat ˆ huvho ya l ˆ iga na t ˆ hod ˆ ea dza tshanduko ya kilima sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha pharagirafu ya (a), vha bveledzise, vha shumise na u and ˆ adza kha Gazete vha tshi and ˆ adza pul ˆ ane ya u shumisa l ˆ iga l ˆ a zwa tshanduko ya kilima sa tshipid ˆ a tsha, nahone hu na mut ˆ anganelano na mbekanyamaitele na mbekanyamushumo dza vundu, zwishumiswa zwa vhupul ˆ ani kha masipala wa d ˆ orobo khulwane kana masipala wa tshit ˆ iriki; na (e) u t ˆ ola nahone u ya kha vhuhulu ho teaho, vha khwin ˆ ise na u and ˆ adza kha Gazete vha tshi and ˆ adza pul ˆ ane ya u shumisa l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima lu si ho fhasi ha luthihi kha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu miṅwe na miṅwe. (2) t ˆ hat ˆ huvho ya l ˆ iga na t ˆ hod ˆ ea zwa tshanduko ya kilima, sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1)(a), i tea u— (a) sumba ndavheleso na dzind ˆ ila; (b) sengulusa vhuvha na zwit ˆ alusi zwa vundu kana masipala wa d ˆ orobo khulwane kana masipala wa tshit ˆ iriki, u ya nga hune nyimele ya vha, na khovhakhombo na t ˆ hod ˆ ea dza tshanduko ya kilima zwo imaho nga uri kana zwenezwo zwine zwa vhangwa nga uvho vhuvha na zwit ˆ aluli; (c) sumba na u mapa tshikhala , ngomu kha vhufhethu ha mishumo ya vundu, tshit ˆ iriki kana masipala wa d ˆ orobo khulwane, u ya nga hune nyimele ya vha zwone, khovhakhombo, vhushayatsireledzo, vhupo, dziekhosisit ˆ eme na zwitshavha zwine zwa d ˆ o vha hone, kana zwine zwa vha zwi songo tsireledzea kha masiandoitwa a tshanduko ya kilima; (d) d ˆ isendeka kha vhuhone ha saintsi, vhut ˆ anzi na mafhungo zwa khwin ˆ esa; na (e) sumba na u ta maga na nd ˆ ila dza u langa na u thoma u shumisa l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya Kilima. (3) Pul ˆ ane ya u shumisa zwa l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima, sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya 1)(d), i tea u— (a) d ˆ isendeka nga t ˆ hod ˆ ea dza tshanduko ya kilima na t ˆ hat ˆ huvho ya l ˆ iga sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1)(a); (b) katela maga kana mbekanyamushumo dzi kwamaho vhud ˆ owedzi na phungudzo hu tshi khou tevhelwa mushumohweswa wa vundu, kana wa d ˆ oroboni khulu kana kha tshit ˆ iriki tsha masipala; na (c) tevhedzela t ˆ hod ˆ ea dziṅwe na dziṅwe sa zwine zwa nga randelwa nga Minisit ˆ a hu tshi khou katelwa tsumband ˆ ila dza thekhenikhal ˆ a dzo teaho. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 25 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 26 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (4) A provincial climate change response implementation plan, contemplated in subsection (1)(d), must form a component of the province’s environmental implemen tation plan developed in terms of section 11(1) of the National Environmental Management Act. (5) A metropolitan or district municipal climate change response implementation plan, contemplated in subsection (1)(d), must form a component of the relevant municipality’s integrated development plan adopted in terms of section 25 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000). Finance mechanism 18. The Minister must prescribe a mechanism to support and finance the Republic’s climate change response, planning and implementation by national, provincial and local government in consultation with the Minister of Finance. CHAPTER 4 NATIONAL ADAPTATION TO IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Adaptation objectives 19. (1) The Minister must, within one year of the coming into operation of this Act, determine by notice in the Gazette— (a) national adaptation objectives which will guide the Republic’s adaptation to climate change impacts, the development of resilience and sustainable development; (b) indicators for measuring progress towards achieving the national adaptation objectives; and (c) a date by which the national adaptation objectives must be incorporated into all relevant national planning instruments, policies and programmes which address, or are affected by, the actual and potential impacts of climate change. (2) The Minister must, periodically, review and amend the national adaptation objectives contemplated in subsection (1)(a). Adaptation scenarios 20. (1) The Minister must, within one year of the coming into operation of this Act, develop adaptation scenarios which anticipate the likely impacts of climate change in the Republic and associated vulnerabilities over the short, medium and longer term. (2) The adaptation scenarios must— (a) be based on best available science, evidence and information; (b) include climate monitoring infrastructure for the climate system and early warning systems; (c) include a consideration of the potential impacts of climate change on the environment of the Republic and associated vulnerabilities; and (d) contain available adaptation response options to reduce identified vulnerabili ties by building adaptive capacity and resilience, in the context of actual or anticipated social, economic and environmental costs. (3) The Minister must, periodically, review and amend the national adaptation scenarios contemplated in subsection (1). 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 26 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 27 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (4) Pul ˆ ane ya u shumisa l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima ya vundu, yo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1)(d), i tea u vha tshipid ˆ a tsha pul ˆ ane ya u shumisa ya mupo ya vundu yo bveledziswaho u ya nga khethekanyo ya 11(1) ya Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka. (5) Pul ˆ ane ya u shumisa l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima ya masipala wa d ˆ orobo khulwane kana masipala wa tshit ˆ iriki, sa zwo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1)(d), i tea u vhumba tshipid ˆ a tsha pul ˆ ane ya mveledziso yo t ˆ anganelanaho ya masipala yo t ˆ anganedzwaho u ya nga khethekanyo ya 25 ya Muvhuso Wapo: Mulayo wa Sisit ˆ eme dza Masipala wa, 2000 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 32 wa 2000). Nd ˆ ila ya zwa masheleni 18. Minisit ˆ a u tea u randela nd ˆ ila ya u tikedza na u lambedza nga masheleni hu tshi lambedzwa l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima l ˆ a Riphabul ˆ iki, vhupul ˆ ani ha tshanduko ya kilima na u shumisa izwi nga muhasho wa lushaka, vundu na muvhuso wapo hu na u kwamana na Minisit ˆ a wa Masheleni. NDIMA YA 4 VHUD ˆ OWEDZI HA LUSHAKA KHA T ˆ HUT ˆ HUWEDZO DZA TSHANDUKO YA KILIMA Zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzi 19. (1) Minisit ˆ a, kha ṅwaha muthihi wa musi uno Mulayo u tshi tou shumiswa, u tea u ta nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete— (a) zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzi ha lushaka zwine zwa d ˆ o sumba nd ˆ ila ya kud ˆ owedzele kwa Riphabul ˆ iki kha t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima, mveledziso ya vhukhwat ˆ heli na mveledziso yo khwat ˆ haho; (b) zwine zwa sumbedza u kala kutshimbilele kwa malugana na u swikelela zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzi ha lushaka; na (c) datumu ine ngayo zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzi ha lushaka zwa tea u katelwa kha zwot ˆ he zwishumiswa zwa vhupul ˆ ani ha lushaka, kha mbekanyamaitele na mbekanyamushumo zwine izwi zwi a tandulula, kana zwi a kwamea nga, t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza vhukuma na khonadzeo ya t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima. (2) Minisit ˆ a, nga misi, u tea u t ˆ ola na u khwin ˆ isa zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzi ha lushaka sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1)(a). Nyimele dza vhud ˆ owedzi 20. (1) Minisit ˆ a, kha ṅwaha muthihi wa musi uno Mulayo u tshi tou thoma u shumiswa, u tea u bveledzisa nyimele dza vhud ˆ owedzi dzine dza lavhelela u vha na t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo kana u kwama tshanduko ya kilima kha Riphabul ˆ iki na vhushayatsireledzo nga murahu ha tshifhinga tshipfufhi, tsha vhukati na tshifhinga tshilapfu. (2) Nyimele dza vhud ˆ owedzi dzi tea u— (a) vha dzo sendeka kha vhuhone ha saintsi, vhut ˆ anzi na mafhungo zwa khwin ˆ esa; (b) katela themamveledziso ya u lavhelesa kilima ya sisit ˆ eme ya kilima na sisit ˆ eme dza kharuso nga u tou t ˆ avhanya; (c) katela ndavheleso ya khonadzeo ya t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima kha mupo wa Riphabul ˆ iki na vhushayatsireledzo; na (d) faredza nd ˆ ila dza l ˆ iga l ˆ a vhud ˆ owedzi malugana na u fhungudza vhushayatsireledzo ho vhonalaho nga u fhat ˆ a vhukoni vhune ha d ˆ owedzea na vhukhwat ˆ heli, kha nyimele ya vhukuma kana ine ya khou tou lavhelelwa kha zwa masheleni a zwa matshilisano, zwa ikonomi na mupo. (3) Minisit ˆ a, nga misi, u tea u t ˆ ola na u khwin ˆ isa nyimele dza vhud ˆ owedzi ha lushaka sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1). 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 27 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 28 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 National Adaptation Strategy and Plan 21. (1) Climate change adaptation within the Republic must be managed in a coherent and coordinated manner and in accordance with a National Adaptation Strategy and Plan. (2) The Minister must, in consultation with the Ministers responsible for the functions listed in Schedule 2, develop and publish a National Adaptation Strategy and Plan by notice in the Gazette within two years of the coming into operation of this Act. (3) The Minister must review and amend the National Adaptation Strategy and Plan at a five-yearly interval to take into account— (a) monitoring and evaluation results; (b) technological advances; (c) the best available science, evidence or information; or (d) the Republic’s international commitments and obligations. (4) The purpose of the National Adaptation Strategy and Plan is to— (a) achieve a reduction in the vulnerability of society, the economy and the environment to the effects of climate change, strengthen the resilience of the socio-economic and environmental system and enhance the adaptive capacity of society, the environment and economy to the impacts of climate change; (b) reduce the risk and vulnerabilities from current and future climate scenarios; (c) achieve the national adaptation objectives contemplated in section 19; (d) provide a strategic and policy directive for adaptation to the impacts of climate change; and (e) provide an integrated and coordinated approach to the management of adaptation measures in response to the impacts of climate change by organs of state in all spheres of government, and where relevant it must also include non-governmental organisations, the private sector and local communities. (5) The National Adaptation Strategy and Plan must include— (a) the national adaptation objectives contemplated in section 19; (b) a consideration of the Republic’s climate change scenarios as informed by the adaptation scenarios contemplated in section 20; (c) an assessment of the Republic’s vulnerability to climate change and related risks at sectoral, cross-sectoral and geographic levels, including a consider ation of relevant disaster risk assessments in terms of the Disaster Management Act; (d) available adaptation response options to reduce identified vulnerabilities by building adaptive capacity and resilience, in the context of actual or anticipated social, economic and environmental costs; and (e) a plan that details the implementation of adaptation responses informed by the objectives and indicators contemplated in section 19. Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan 22. (1) A Minister responsible for functions listed in Schedule 2 must— (a) at least within one year of the publication of the National Adaptation Strategy and Plan, and in alignment with such National Adaptation Strategy and Plan, conduct and publish in the Gazette an assessment of the functions under the Minister’s operational control which— (i) identifies and spatially maps risks and vulnerabilities, areas, ecosystems and communities that will arise and that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; and 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 28 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 29 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Lushaka 21. (1) Vhud ˆ owedzi ha tshanduko ya kilima kha Riphabul ˆ iki vhu tea u langwa nga nd ˆ ila i re na ndunzhendunzhe nahone yo konanywaho nahone hu tshi khou tevhedzwa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Lushaka. (2) Minisit ˆ a, a tshi khou kwamana na Dziminisit ˆ a dzi re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha mishumo ya mutevhe wa Shedul ˆ u ya 2, u tea u bveledzisa na u and ˆ adza Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Lushaka nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete kha miṅwaha mivhili ya musi uno Mulayo u tshi tou thoma u shumiswa. (3) Minisit ˆ a u tea u t ˆ ola na u khwin ˆ isa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Lushaka kha miṅwaha miṅwe na miṅwe mit ˆ anu hu na u dzhiela nzhele— (a) u lavhelesa na u t ˆ hat ˆ huvha mvelelo; (b) zwa khwin ˆ efhadzo dza thekhinol ˆ odzhi; (c) vhuhone ha saintsi, vhut ˆ anzi kana mafhungo zwa khwin ˆ esa; kana (d) Mbofho na Vhud ˆ iimiseli kha zwa Mashango a Dzitshakatshaka nga Riphabul ˆ iki. (4) Ndivho ya Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Lushaka ndi u— (a) swikelela phungudzo ya tshayatsireledzo ya tshitshavha, ikonomi na mupo kha masiandoitwa a tshanduko ya kilima, u khwat ˆ hisa vhukhwat ˆ heli ha zwa ikonomi ya matshilisano na sisit ˆ eme ya mupo na u khwat ˆ hisa vhukoni ha tshitshavha kha u d ˆ owela, mupo na ikonomi kha t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima; (b) fhungudza khovhakhombo na vhushayatsireledzo kha nyimele dza kilima zwino na tshifhinga tshi d ˆ aho; (c) u swikelela zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzalushaka zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo ya 19; (d) u fha ndaela ya tshit ˆ iratedzhi na mbekanyamaitele kha zwa vhud ˆ owedzi kha t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima; na (e) u fha nd ˆ ila yo t ˆ anganelanaho nahone yo konanywaho kha ndango ya maga a vhud ˆ owedzi kha l ˆ iga l ˆ a t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza tshanduko ya kilima nga zwiimiswa zwa muvhuso kha masia ot ˆ he a muvhuso, nahone hune zwa vha zwo tea hu tea u katelwa madzangano ane a sa vhe a muvhuso, sekithara ya phuraivethe na zwitshavha zwapo. (5) Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Lushaka i tea u katela— (a) zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzi ha lushaka zwo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 19; (b) u dzhiela nzhele nyimele dza tshanduko ya kilima dza Riphabul ˆ iki dzo sendekaho kha nyimele dza vhud ˆ owedzi sa zwo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 20; (c) t ˆ hat ˆ huvho ya vhushayatsireledzo ha Riphabul ˆ iki kha tshanduko ya kilima na khovhakhombo dzo teaho kha sekithara, tshumisano ya dzisekithara na kha l ˆ evhel ˆ e dza mivhuduni, hu tshi katelwa u dzhiela nzhele t ˆ hat ˆ huvho dza khovhakhombo dza zwiwo zwo teaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa Mulayo wa Ndango ya Zwiwo; (d) nd ˆ ila dza l ˆ iga l ˆ a vhud ˆ owedzi dzi re hone dza u fhungudza vhushayatsireledzo ho sumbedzwaho nga u fhat ˆ a vhukoni ha vhud ˆ owedzi na vhukhwat ˆ heli, kha nyimele ya vhukuma kana ine ya khou tou lavhelelwa kha zwa masheleni a zwa matshilisano, zwa ikonomi na zwa mupo; na (e) pul ˆ ane ine ya dodombedza u shumiswa ha maga a vhud ˆ owedzi ine ya d ˆ isendeka nga zwipikwa na tsumbedzelo sa zwo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 19. Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Sekithara 22. (1) Minisit ˆ a a re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha mishumo i re kha mutevhe wa Shedul ˆ u ya 2 u tea u— (a) lu si ho fhasi ha ṅwaha muthihi musi ho and ˆ adzwa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Lushaka, nahone zwi tshi d ˆ a kha u livhanyisa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Lushaka, u tea u ita na u and ˆ adza kha Gazete, a and ˆ adze t ˆ hat ˆ huvho ya mishumo i re fhasi ha ndango ya kushumele kwa Minisit ˆ a ine— (i) ya sumbedza na u pul ˆ ana nga ha khovhakhombo na vhushayatsireledzo, vhufhethu, dziekhosisit ˆ eme na zwitshavha zwine zwa d ˆ o vha hone na zwine zwa sa vhe na tsireledzo kha u kwamea nga tshanduko ya kilima; na 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 29 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 30 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (ii) determines measures and mechanisms to manage and implement the required adaptation response; (b) at least within two years of the publication of the National Adaptation Strategy and Plan, develop and implement a Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan which must be informed by the assessment undertaken in terms of paragraph (a)(i) and serve to implement the measures and mechanisms determined in terms of paragraph (a)(ii); and (c) at least every five years, review a Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan and, if required, amend the Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan to take into account— (i) monitoring and evaluation results; (ii) technological advances; (iii) the best available science, evidence or information; and (iv) the Republic’s international commitments and obligations. (2) A Minister responsible for functions listed in Schedule 2 must, at least within five years of the publication of a Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan and at five-yearly intervals thereafter, submit reports to the Minister on the progress made in relation to the implementation of the relevant Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan. Adaptation Information and Synthesis Adaptation Report 23. (1) The Minister may by notice in the Gazette, or in writing, require any person to provide, within a reasonable time or on a regular basis, data, information, documents, samples or materials to the Minister that are reasonably required for the purposes of the fulfilment of the objectives of this Act. (2) A notice under subsection (1) must indicate the manner and time-frames in which the information must be furnished and, if required, how the information must be verified. (3) The Minister must collate, compile and synthesise information relevant to the achievement of the national adaptation objectives and the objectives of this Act and thereafter publish a Synthesis Adaptation Report for consideration by Cabinet and to be used in the Republic’s national and international reporting processes. CHAPTER 5 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND REMOVALS National greenhouse gas emissions trajectory 24. (1) The Minister must, in consultation with Cabinet, by notice in the Gazette determine a national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory for the Republic. (2) The national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory must— (a) specify a national greenhouse gas emissions reduction objective represented by a quantitative description of the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions projected to be emitted during a specified period in the Republic; (b) be informed by relevant evidence-based and latest information regarding the total current and projected amounts of greenhouse gas emissions in the Republic; and (c) be consistent with the principles and objectives of this Act and the Republic’s international obligations. (3) Until such time as the Minister publishes the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory in terms of subsection (1), the latest updated Nationally Determined Contribution serves as the trajectory. (4) The Minister, in consultation with Cabinet— (a) must review the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory every five years from the coming into operation of this Act; and 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 30 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 31 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (ii) ta maga na nd ˆ ila dza u langa na u shumisa l ˆ iga l ˆ o teaho; (b) lu si ho fhasi ha luvhili kha ṅwaha musi ho and ˆ adzwa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Lushaka, a bveledzise na u shumisa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Sekithara ine ya tea u vha yo sendeka kha t ˆ hat ˆ huvho yo itwaho u ya nga pharagirafu ya (a)(i) na u shumisa maga na nd ˆ ila dzo tiwaho u ya nga pharagirafu ya (a)(ii); na (c) lu si ho fhasi ha miṅwaha miṅwe na miṅwe mit ˆ anu, u t ˆ ola Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Sekithara nahone, arali zwi tshi t ˆ od ˆ ea, hu khwin ˆ iswe Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Sekithara uri i dzhiele nzhele— (i) u lavhelesa na u t ˆ hat ˆ huvha mvelelo; (ii) u khwin ˆ efhala ha thekhinol ˆ odzhi; (iii) vhuhone ha saintsi, vhut ˆ anzi kana mafhungo zwa khwin ˆ esa; na (iv) mbofho na vhud ˆ iimiseli kha zwa Mashango a Dzitshakatshaka nga Riphabul ˆ iki. (2) Minisit ˆ a a re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha mishumo i re kha mutevhe wa Shedul ˆ u ya 2 u tea, uri lu si ho fhasi ha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu ya musi ho and ˆ adzwa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Sekithara, na kha miṅwaha miṅwe na miṅwe mit ˆ anu, a ise mivhigo kha Minisit ˆ a malugana na mvelaphand ˆ a yo itwaho kha zwa u shumisa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi ha Sekithara. Mafhungo nga ha Vhud ˆ owedzi na t ˆ hanganyiso ya Muvhigo wa Vhud ˆ owedzi 23. (1) Minisit ˆ a nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete, kana nga u tou ṅwala, a nga t ˆ od ˆ a muthu muṅwe na muṅwe a tshi, nga tshifhinga tshi pfadzaho kana nga misi yot ˆ he, a tshi n ˆ etshedza data, mafhungo, maṅwalo, sambula kana matherial ˆ a kha Minisit ˆ a zwine izwi zwi khou t ˆ od ˆ wa nga nd ˆ ila i pfadzaho u itela u fusha zwipikwa zwa uno Mulayo. (2) Nd ˆ ivhadzo nga fhasi ha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1) i tea u sumbedza nd ˆ ila na zwifhinga zwine mafhungo a tea u n ˆ etshedzwa nahone, arali zwi tshi t ˆ od ˆ ea, hu sumbedzwe uri mafhungo a fanela u khwat ˆ hisedzwa hani. (3) Minisit ˆ a u tea u kuvhanganya na u t ˆ anganyisa mafhungo o teaho malugana na u swikelela zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzi ha lushaka na zwipikwa zwa uno Mulayo nahone nga murahu, a and ˆ adze Muvhigo wa Vhud ˆ owedzi wo t ˆ anganyiswaho u itela uri u lavheleswe nga Khabinete nahone une wa d ˆ o shumiswa nga Riphabul ˆ iki kha zwa maitele a u vhigela lushaka na kha mashango a dzitshakatshaka. NDIMA YA 5 VHUBVISAGESE YA TSHIKHALANI NA U BVISWA Nd ˆ ila ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani ya Lushaka 24. (1) Minisit ˆ a, a tshi khou kwamana na Khabinete, nga kha nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete u fanela u ta nd ˆ ila ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka nahone kha Riphabul ˆ iki. (2) Nd ˆ ila ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka i fanela u— (a) t ˆ alusa tshipikwa tsha phungudzo ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani ya lushaka tsho imelwaho nga nyolo ya tshivhalo ya gumofulu l ˆ a vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani ho anganyelwaho u bviswa musini wa tshifhinga tsho t ˆ aluswaho kha Riphabul ˆ iki; (b) d ˆ isendeka kha vhut ˆ anzi ho teaho na mafhungo a zwino-zwino malugana na gumofulu l ˆ a zwino na t ˆ hanganyelo dzi anganywaho dza vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani kha Riphabul ˆ iki; na (c) vha ine ya anana na ndayo na zwipikwa zwa uno Mulayo na Mbofho dza mashango a dzitshakatshaka dza Riphabul ˆ iki. (3) U swika itsho tshifhinga sa zwine Minisit ˆ a a nga and ˆ adza nd ˆ ila ya vhubvagese ya tshikhalani ya lushaka u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1), vhubvisagese Vhushelamulenzhe ho Tiwaho kha Lushaka vhu shuma sa yone nd ˆ ila. (4) Minisit ˆ a, a tshi khou kwamana na Khabinete— (a) u tea u t ˆ ola nd ˆ ila ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani ya lushaka kha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu miṅwe na miṅwe u bva musi uno Mulayo u tshi tou thoma u shumiswa; na 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 31 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 32 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (b) may periodically review the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory when national circumstances require such a review, including when such requirement is demonstrated by— (i) monitoring and evaluation results; (ii) technological advances; (iii) the best available science, evidence or information; (iv) the Republic’s international commitments and obligations; or (v) constraints and opportunities to implementation of policies and mea sures. Sectoral emissions targets 25. (1) (a) The Minister must, within one year of the coming into operation of this Act, by notice in the Gazette, list the greenhouse gas emitting sectors and sub-sectors that are subject to sectoral emissions targets. (b) The list contemplated in paragraph (a) must appropriately reflect the national greenhouse gas emissions profile. (2) The Minister may vary the list of sectors and sub-sectors that are subject to sectoral emissions targets guided by the national greenhouse gas emissions profile. (3) The Minister must, in consultation with the Ministers responsible for each sector and sub-sector listed in terms of subsections (1) and (2), determine by notice in the Gazette the prescribed framework and the sectoral emissions targets for sectors and sub-sectors. (4) Sectoral emissions targets must— (a) be implemented by the Ministers responsible for the administration of sectors or sub-sectors listed in terms of subsections (1) and (2) through the relevant planning instruments, policies and programmes; (b) be aligned with the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory, noting that the cumulative amount of greenhouse gas emission reductions which the sectoral emissions targets represent, ensures that the national greenhouse gas emissions profile is kept within the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory; and (c) include quantitative and qualitative greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the first five years, the subsequent five to 10 years and for a 10 to 15 year period thereafter. (5) When determining the sectoral emissions targets, the Minister must take all relevant considerations into account, including, amongst others— (a) the socio-economic impacts of introducing the sectoral emissions targets; and (b) the best available science, evidence and information. (6) The Minister responsible for each sector or sub-sector for which sectoral emissions targets have been determined, in accordance with subsection (3), must adopt policies and measures towards the achievement of the sectoral emissions targets. (7) The Minister, in consultation with the Ministers responsible for each sector and sub-sector listed in terms of subsections (1) and (2), must, every five years, review the sectoral emissions targets and, when the outcome of the review or national circumstances require it, revise and amend the sectoral emissions targets, including when the need for such revision and amendment is demonstrated by— (a) monitoring and evaluation results; (b) technological advances; (c) the best available science, evidence or information; (d) the Republic’s international commitments and obligations; (e) the strategic importance of the sector or sub-sector as a catalyst for growth and job creation in the economy; or (f) the agreed approach to the just transition. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 33 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (b) nga t ˆ holo yo d ˆ isendekaho kha tshifhinga a nga t ˆ ola nd ˆ ila ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka musi nyimele dza lushaka dzi tshi t ˆ od ˆ a uri hu itwe iyo t ˆ holo, hu tshi katelwa musi une iyo t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya sumbedzwa nga— (i) u lavhelesa na u t ˆ hat ˆ huvha mvelelo; (ii) u khwin ˆ efhala ha thekhinol ˆ odzhi; (iii) vhuhone ha saintsi, vhut ˆ anzi kana mafhungo zwa khwin ˆ esa; (iv) Mbofho na vhud ˆ iimiseli kha zwa mashango a dzitshakatshaka nga Riphabul ˆ iki; kana (v) vhukond ˆ i na zwikhala zwa u shumisa mbekanyamaitele na maga. Zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara 25. (1) (a) Minisit ˆ a, hu saathu fhela ṅwaha muthihi musi uno Mulayo wo thoma u shumiswa, nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete, u tea u ita mutevhe wa dzisekithara na dzisekithara t ˆ hukhu dza vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani dzine dza tea u tevhedza zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara. (b) Mutevhe wo elekanywaho kha pharagirafu ya (a), nga nd ˆ ila yo teaho u tea u sumbedza mbonalo ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka. (2) Minisit ˆ a a nga shandukisa mutevhe wa dzisekithara na dzisekithara t ˆ hukhu dzine dza tea u tevhedza zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara a tshi khou sumbiwa nd ˆ ila nga mbonalo ya vhubvisagese dza tshikhalani ya lushaka. (3) Minisit ˆ a, a tshi khou kwamana na Minisit ˆ a dzi re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha sekithara na sekithara t ˆ hukhu dzi re kha mutevhe u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu dza (1) na (2), nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete, u fanela u ta mutheo wo randelwaho na zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara zwa dzisekithara na dzisekithara t ˆ hukhu. (4) Zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara zwi fanela u— (a) shumiswa nga Minisit ˆ a dzi re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli kha zwa ndaulo ya dzisekithara kana dzisekithara dzo dzheniswaho kha mutevhe hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu dza (1) na (2) nga kha zwishumiswa zwa vhupul ˆ ani zwo teaho, mbekanyamaitele na mbekanyamushumo; (b) livhanyiswa na nd ˆ ila ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka, hu tshi dzhielwa nzhele gumofulu l ˆ a t ˆ hanganyelo dza phungudzo dza vhubvisagese dza tshikhalani dzine dza imelwa nga zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara, u vhona uri mbonalo ya vhubvisagese dza tshikhalani kha lushaka i dzula i ngomu ha nd ˆ ila ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka; na (c) katela zwipikwa zwa phungudzo ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani ya khwanthithethivi na ya khwal ˆ ithethivi kha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu ya u thoma, miṅwaha ine ya tevhela ya 10 na miṅwaha ya tshifhinga tsha 10 u ya kha 15 nga murahu. (5) Musi hu tshi tiwa zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese ha sekithara, Minisit ˆ a u tea u dzhiela nzhele zwot ˆ he zwo teaho, hu tshi katelwa, zwi sa gumi kha— (a) t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo kana u kwamea ha ikonomi ya zwa matshilisano malugana na u thoma zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese dza sekithara; na (b) vhuhone ha saintsi, vhut ˆ anzi na mafhungo zwa khwin ˆ esa. (6) Minisit ˆ a a re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha sekithara kana sekithara t ˆ hukhu iṅwe na iṅwe hune zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara zwo tiwa, hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (3), u tea u khwat ˆ hisedza mbekanyamaitele na maga malugana na u swikelela zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese ha sekithara. (7) Minisit ˆ a, a tshi khou kwamana na Minisit ˆ a dzi re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha zwa iṅwe na iṅwe sekithara na sekithara t ˆ hukhu dzo dzheniswaho kha mutevhe u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu dza (1) na (2), kha miṅwaha miṅwe na miṅwe mit ˆ anu, u tea u t ˆ ola zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara na uri, musi mvelelo dza u t ˆ ola kana nyimele dza lushaka dzi tshi zwi t ˆ od ˆ a, a shandukise na u khwin ˆ isa zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara, hu tshi katelwa musi une t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya uho u shandukisa na u khwin ˆ isa zwa sumbedziwa nga— (a) mvelelo dza u lavhelesa na u t ˆ hat ˆ huvha; (b) u khwin ˆ efhadzea ha thekhinol ˆ odzhi; (c) vhuhone ha saintsi, vhut ˆ anzi kana mafhungo zwa khwin ˆ esa; (d) mbofho na vhud ˆ iimiseli kha zwa mashango a dzitshakatshaka nga Riphabul ˆ iki; (e) ndeme ya nd ˆ ila ya maitele a zwithu kha sekithara kana sekithara t ˆ hukhu sa tshileludzi tsha nyaluwo na vhusikamishumo kha ikonomi; kana (f) nd ˆ ila yo tendelanwaho kha tshanduko ine ya pfadza. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 33 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 34 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (8) An amended sectoral emissions target must contain quantitative and qualitative mitigation targets for the first five years, for the subsequent five to 10 years and for a 10 to 15 year period thereafter. (9) The Minister responsible for each sector and sub-sector for which sectoral emissions targets have been determined, within one year of the publication of the sectoral emissions targets, must— (a) develop or amend the relevant sectoral and sub-sectoral policies and measures for which that Minister is responsible in terms of the achievement of the sectoral emissions targets; (b) publish such amendment in the Gazette; (c) implement the policies and measures within the relevant sectors and sub-sectors; and (d) monitor the effectiveness of implementing such policies and measures in achieving the relevant sectoral emissions target. (10) The Minister responsible for each sector and sub-sector for which sectoral emissions targets have been revised and amended in terms of subsection (7) must— (a) within six months of the publication of the revised and amended sectoral emissions targets and to the extent required by such revision and amendment, revise and amend the policies and measures provided for in subsection (9); (b) publish such revisions and amendments by notice in the Gazette; and (c) ensure that the duly revised and amended policies and measures are implemented and monitored for effectiveness. (11) The Minister responsible for each sector and sub-sector for which sectoral emissions targets have been determined in terms of subsection (3), or for which revised and amended sectoral emissions targets have been determined in terms of subsection (7), must annually report to the Presidency on progress towards the achievement of the relevant sectoral emissions targets. (12) The Minister must collate, compile and synthesise the reports provided in terms of subsection (11) and submit progress reports on the implementation of the sectoral emissions targets to Cabinet on an annual basis. Listed greenhouse gases and activities 26. (1) The Minister must, by notice in the Gazette, publish a list of greenhouse gases which the Minister reasonably believes cause or are likely to cause or exacerbate climate change. (2) The Minister must, by notice in the Gazette, publish a list of activities which emit, or has the potential to emit, one or more of the greenhouse gases listed in terms of subsection (1). (3) A notice published in terms of subsection (2)— (a) must apply to greenhouse gas emitting activities which have already commenced and new greenhouse gas emitting activities; (b) must determine quantitative greenhouse gas emission thresholds expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent to identify persons to be assigned a carbon budget, in terms of section 27(1), and who are required, in terms of section 27(4), to submit greenhouse gas mitigation plans to the Minister; (c) must specify that the notice does not apply to listed activities which emit quantities of greenhouse gases below the quantitative greenhouse gas emission thresholds determined in terms of paragraph (b); (d) may contain transitional provisions and other special arrangements in respect of the activities contemplated in paragraph (a); and (e) must determine the date on which the notice takes effect. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 34 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 35 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (8) Tshipikwa tsho khwin ˆ iswaho tsha vhubvisagese kha sekithara tshi tea u faredza zwipikwa zwa phungudzo zwa khwanthithethivi na khwal ˆ ithethivhi kha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu ya u thoma, kha miṅwaha i tevhelaho mit ˆ anu u ya kha ya 10 na kha miṅwaha ya 10 u ya kha ya 15 nga murahu. (9) Minisit ˆ a a re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha iṅwe na iṅwe sekithara na sekithara t ˆ hukhu ine zwipikwa zwa hone zwa vhubveledzagese kha sekithara zwo tiwa, hu saathu fhela ṅwaha muthihi wa u and ˆ adzwa ha zwipikwa zwa vhubveledzagese kha sekithara, fanela u— (a) bveledzisa kana u khwin ˆ isa maga na mbekanyamaitele zwo teaho zwa sekithara na sekithara t ˆ hukhu zwine Minisit ˆ a a vha na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli kha zwo u ya nga tswikelelo ya zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara; (b) and ˆ adza uho u khwin ˆ isa kha Gazete; (c) shumisa mbekanyamaitele na maga ngomu ha sekithara na dzisekithara dzo teaho; na (d) lavhelesa kushumele kwa u shumisa idzo mbekanyamaitele na ayo maga kha u swikelela tshipikwa tsha vhubvisagese kha sekithara. (10) Minisit ˆ a a re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha zwa iṅwe na iṅwe sekithara na sekithara t ˆ hukhu dzine zwipikwa zwa hone zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara zwo shandukiswa na u khwin ˆ iswa u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (7) u fanela u— (a) hu saathu fhela miṅwedzi ya rathi ya u and ˆ adzwa ha zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara zwo shandukiswaho na u khwin ˆ iswa na u ya kha tshikhala tshine tsha t ˆ od ˆ wa nga uho u shandukisa na u khwin ˆ isa, ene Minisit ˆ a u tea u shandukisa na u khwin ˆ isa mbekanyamaitele na maga sa zwe zwa vhetshelwa nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (9); (b) and ˆ adza uho u shandukisa na u khwin ˆ isa nga kha nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete; na (c) vhona uri zwavhukuma mbekanyamaitele na maga zwo shandukiswaho na u khwin ˆ iswa zwi a shumiswa na u lavheleswa ha mashumele azwo. (11) Minisit ˆ a a re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha sekithara na sekithara t ˆ hukhu iṅwe na iṅwe ine zwipikwa zwa hone zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara zwo tiwa u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (3), kana zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara zwo shandukiswa kana u khwin ˆ iswa zwo tiwa hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (7), nga ṅwaha u tea u vhiga ngei kha Phresidennde malugana na mvelaphand ˆ a ya u swikelela zwipikwa zwo teaho zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara. (12) Minisit ˆ a u tea u dzudzanya, u kuvhanganya na u t ˆ anganyisa mivhigo yo vhetshelwaho u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (11) na u isa mivhigo nga ṅwaha kha Khabinete ya mvelaphand ˆ a malugana na u shumiswa ha zwipikwa zwa vhubvisagese kha sekithara. Mishumo na gese dza tshikhalani dzi re kha mutevhe 26. (1) Minisit ˆ a, nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete, u fanela u and ˆ adza mutevhe wa gese dza tshikhalani dzine Minisit ˆ a zwi tshi pfadza a tenda uri dzi khou vhanga kana hu na khonadzeo khulu ya uri dzi vhange kana dzi n ˆ an ˆ ise tshanduko ya kilima. (2) Minisit ˆ a, nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete, u fanela u and ˆ adza mutevhe wa mishumo ine ya bveledza gese, kana ine ya vha na khonadzeo dza u bveledzisa gese, nthihi kana vhunzhi ha gese dza tshikhalani dzi re kha mutevhe wa u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1). (3) Nd ˆ ivhadzo yo and ˆ adzwaho u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (2)— (a) i tea u shumiswa kha mishumo ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani ine yo no d ˆ i thoma na mishumo ya vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani ine ndi miswa; (b) i tea u ta mbalo ya phungudzelo dza vhubvisagese dza tshikhalani dzo ambiwaho kha khabonipfud ˆ i ya ndinganelo u itela u sumba vhathu vhane vha d ˆ o avhelwa mugaganyagwama wa khaboni, u ya nga khethekanyo ya 27(1), nahone vhane vha t ˆ od ˆ wa, nga khethekanyo ya 27(4), uri vha n ˆ etshedze Minisit ˆ a pul ˆ ane dza u fhungudza gese ya tshikhalani; (c) i tea u t ˆ alusa uri nd ˆ ivhadzo a i shumiswi kha mishumo i re kha mutevhe une mbalo dza hone dza vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani dzi fhasi ha mbalo ya phungudzelo dza vhubvisagese dza tshikhalani sa zwo tiwaho u ya nga pharagirafu ya (b); (d) i nga faredza mbetshelo dza tshanduko na dziṅwe nzudzanyo dza tshipentshela malugana na mishumo yo elekanywaho kha pharagirafu ya (a); na (e) itea u ta datumu ine ngayo nd ˆ ivhadzo ya thoma u shumiswa. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 35 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 36 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (4) The thresholds contemplated in subsection (3)(b)— (a) must be expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents for carbon budgets and greenhouse gas mitigation plans and shall be applicable at company level based on operational control; (b) must be based on the availability of feasible mitigation technology; and (c) must take into account any opportunities and constraints to implementation of policies and measures. (5) The Minister may review the lists published in terms of subsections (1) and (2) in line with the requirements of national and international mitigation goals for the purposes of determining whether such lists require revision and amendment, including when the need for such review is demonstrated by— (a) monitoring and evaluation results; (b) technological advances; (c) the best available science, evidence or information; (d) the Republic’s international commitments and obligations; or (e) opportunities and constraints to implementation of policies and measures. (6) In the event that a review undertaken in terms of subsection (5) indicates the need for revision and amendment of one or both of the lists, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, revise and amend the relevant list, by— (a) adding or removing greenhouse gases from the greenhouse gases list; (b) adding or removing activities from the activities list; or (c) making other changes to the particulars on the list, such as the applicability of greenhouse gases to certain activities. Carbon budgets 27. (1) The Minister must allocate a carbon budget to any person that conducts an activity listed in terms of section 26(2). (2) When allocating carbon budgets, the Minister must take all relevant consider ations into account, including but not limited to— (a) the socio-economic impacts of imposing the carbon budget; (b) the best available science, evidence and information; (c) the best practicable environmental options available and alternatives that could be taken to mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases; (d) national strategic priorities; (e) the alignment of the carbon budgets with the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory, noting that the cumulative amount of greenhouse gas emissions which the carbon budgets represent are not equivalent thereto; and (f) progress on the implementation of the greenhouse gas mitigation plans. (3) A carbon budget— (a) must have a duration of at least three successive five-year periods; and (b) must specify the maximum amount of greenhouse gas emissions that may be emitted during the first five-year period. (4) (a) A person to whom a carbon budget has been allocated in terms of sub section (1) must prepare and submit to the Minister, for approval, a greenhouse gas mitigation plan. (b) A greenhouse gas mitigation plan must— (i) describe the mitigation measures that the person, to whom a carbon budget is allocated, proposes to implement in order to remain within the person’s allocated carbon budget; and (ii) comply with the content requirements of such plans as may be prescribed by the Minister in terms of section 30, including requirements pertaining to processes, procedures and reporting. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 36 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 37 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (4) Phungudzelo dzo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (3)(b)— (a) dzi tea u ambiwa kha nyed ˆ ano ya khabonipfud ˆ i kha migaganyagwama ya khaboni na pul ˆ ane dza phungudzo dza gese dza tshikhalani nahone dzi tea u vha dzo fanelaho kha l ˆ evhel ˆ e ya khamphani zwo sendeka kha ndango ya kushumele; (b) dzi tea u vha dzo d ˆ isendakaho kha vhuhone ha khonadzeo ya thekhinol ˆ odzhi ya u fhungudza; na (c) dzi tea u dzhiela nzhele zwikhala zwiṅwe na zwiṅwe na vhukond ˆ i ha u shumisa mbekanyamaitele na maga. (5) Minisit ˆ a a nga t ˆ ola mitevhe yo and ˆ adzwaho u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu dza (1) na (2) zwi tshi anana na t ˆ hod ˆ ea dza lushaka na mashango a dzitshakatshaka dza zwipikwa zwa u fhungudza kha ndivho dza u ta uri naa iyo mitevhe i t ˆ od ˆ a u shandukiswa na u khwin ˆ iswa, hu tshi katelwa t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya uho u t ˆ ola zwo sumbedzwa nga— (a) u lavhelesa na u t ˆ hat ˆ huvha mvelelo; (b) u khwin ˆ efhadzea ha thekhinol ˆ odzhi; (c) vhuhone ha saintsi, vhut ˆ anzi kana mafhungo zwa khwin ˆ esa; (d) mbofho na vhud ˆ iimiseli kha zwa mashango a dzitshakatshaka nga Riphabul ˆ iki; kana (e) zwikhala na vhukond ˆ i ha u shumisa mbekanyamaitele na maga. (6) Kha nyimele ya uri u t ˆ ola hu itwa hu tshi tevhedzwa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (5) hu sumbedzwa t ˆ hod ˆ ea ya tshandukiso na khwin ˆ iso ya mutevhe muthihi kana vhuvhili ha mitevhe, ine Minisit ˆ a, nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete, a nga shandukisa na u khwin ˆ isa mutevhe wo teaho nga u— (a) engedza kana u bvisa gese dza tshikhalani kha mutevhe wa gese dza tshikhalani; (b) engedza kana u bvisa mishumo u bva kha mishumo i re kha mutevhe; kana (c) u ita dziṅwe tshanduko kha zwidodombedzwa zwi re kha mutevhe, u tou fana na u tea ha gese dza tshikhalani kha mishumo yeneyo. Migaganyagwama ya khaboni 27. (1) Minisit ˆ a u fanela u avhela mugaganyagwama wa khaboni kha muthu muṅwe na muṅwe ane a ita mushumo u re kha mutevhe une wa tevhedza khethekanyo ya 26(2). (2) Musi hu tshi avhelwa migaganyagwama ya khaboni, Minisit ˆ a u fanela u dzhiela nzhele ndavheleso dzot ˆ he dzo teaho, hu tshi katelwa zwi sa gumiho kha— (a) t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo dza zwa ikonomi ya zwa matshilisano kha u vhea mugaganyagwama wa khaboni; (b) vhuhone ha saintsi, vhut ˆ anzi na mafhungo zwa khwin ˆ esa; (c) nd ˆ ila dza zwa mupo dzine dza konadzea nahone dzi re hone na dziṅwe-vho nd ˆ ila dzine dza nga shumiswa kha u fhungudza u bva ha gese dza tshikhalani; (d) nd ˆ ila dza lushaka dza ndemesa; (e) ndivhaniso ya migaganyagwama ya khaboni na nd ˆ ila dza mabvele a gese ya tshikhalani dza lushaka, hu tshi khou dzhielwa nzhele u engedzea hot ˆ he ho kuvhangana ha u bva ha gese ya tshikhalani hune migaganyagwama ya khaboni ya imela a hu lingani; na (f) mvelaphand ˆ a ya u shumiswa ha pul ˆ ane dza phungudzo ya gese ya tshikhalani. (3) Mugaganyagwama wa khaboni— (a) u tea u vha na tshifhinga tshi si ho fhasi ha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu i khou tou tevhekana; na (b) u tea u t ˆ alusa gumofulu l ˆ a nt ˆ hesa l ˆ a u bva ha gese ya tshikhalani ine ya nga bva tshifhingani tsha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu ya u thoma. (4) (a) Muthu ane mugaganyagwama wo avhelwa ene u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1) u fanela u dzudzanya na u isa pul ˆ ane ya u fhungudza gese ya tshikhalani kha Minisit ˆ a uri i tendelwe. (b) Pul ˆ ane ya u fhungudza gese ya tshikhalani i fanela u— (i) t ˆ alutshedza maga a u fhungudza gese ane muthu ane a khou avhelwa mugaganyagwama wa khaboni a khou dzinginya uri u d ˆ o u shumisa u itela uri a shumise mugaganyagwama we a avhelwa wa khaboni une wa sa fhire wo avhelwaho; na (ii) tevhedza t ˆ hod ˆ ea dzi re kha idzo pul ˆ ane sa zwine zwa nga randelwa nga Minisit ˆ a u ya nga khethekanyo ya 30, hu tshi khou katelwa t ˆ hod ˆ ea malugana na maitele na kuvhigele. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 37 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 38 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (5) At the time when the carbon budget is assigned for the first mandatory carbon budget cycle, all approved pollution prevention plans as contemplated in section 29 of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004), and the National Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations, 2017, published under Government Notice No. 712 of 21 July 2017, must be deemed to be greenhouse gas mitigation plans. (6) A person to whom a carbon budget has been allocated must— (a) implement the approved greenhouse gas mitigation plan; (b) monitor annual implementation of the greenhouse gas mitigation plan in accordance with the prescribed methodology; (c) evaluate progress on the allocated carbon budget; (d) annually report on the progress against the allocated carbon budget to the Minister in the manner prescribed; and (e) in the event that such reporting indicates that the person has failed, is failing or will fail to comply with the allocated carbon budget, provide a description of measures the person will implement in order to remain within the allocated carbon budget. (7) (a) The Minister must review a carbon budget allocated to a person in terms of subsection (1) at the end of the five-year carbon budget commitment period, or upon request by a person subject to a carbon budget. (b) A person to whom a carbon budget has been allocated may apply for a revision or cancellation of the carbon budget under circumstances to be prescribed in the regulations contemplated in section 30(2)(a)(i). (c) The factors listed in subsection (2) must be taken into consideration when a carbon budget is reviewed. (8) The Minister must, within a reasonable time of the review provided for in subsection (7), revise a carbon budget— (a) to ensure that it always has a duration of at least three successive five-year periods; and (b) if the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory demonstrates an increase in national greenhouse gas emissions above the national and international climate change mitigation commitments and obligations. (9) An allocated carbon budget may be amended if the activity for which the carbon budget has been issued is transferred or acquired in part or fully and the affected person must request a reallocation of a carbon budget from the Minister in the prescribed manner. Phase-down and phase-out of synthetic greenhouse gas emissions and declaration 28. (1) The Minister, in consultation with the Ministers responsible for the greenhouse gas emitting sectors and sub-sectors contemplated in section 25, must by notice in the Gazette— (a) declare certain greenhouse gases to be synthetic greenhouse gases; (b) specify, in respect of each of the gases listed in the declaration contemplated in paragraph (a), whether such gases are required to be phased out or phased down; (c) prescribe thresholds for the use of synthetic greenhouse gases in terms of section 26(3)(b); and (d) contain timeframes for the phase-down or phase-out of synthetic greenhouse gases. (2) The Minister, in consultation with the Ministers responsible for the greenhouse gas emitting sectors and sub-sectors contemplated in section 25, and any affected party, in the prescribed manner, must— (a) develop a plan to phase down or phase out synthetic greenhouse gases declared in terms of subsection (1); and 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 38 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 39 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (5) Kha tshifhinga tsha musi mugaganyagwama wa khaboni u tshi avhelwa lwa mutevhet ˆ hand ˆ u wa mugaganyagwama wa khaboni une wa tou vhofha wa mathomo, pul ˆ ane dzot ˆ he dzo tendelwaho dza u thivhela tshikafhadzo sa zwo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 29 ya Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka: Mulayo wa Vhud ˆ i ha Muya wa, 2004 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 39 wa 2004), na Ndangulo dza Pul ˆ ane dza u Thivhela Tshikafhadzo dza Lushaka dza, 2017, dzo and ˆ adzwaho nga fhasi ha Nd ˆ ivhadzo ya Muvhuso ya nomboro ya. 712 ya 21 Fulwana 2017, dzi fanela u dzhiiwa hu pul ˆ ane dza phungudzo ya gese ya tshikhalani. (6) Muthu ane ndi ene o avhelwaho mugaganyagwama wa khaboni u fanela u— (a) shumisa pul ˆ ane yo tendelwaho ya phungudzo ya gese ya tshikhalani; (b) lavhelesa nga ṅwaha kwa pul ˆ ane ya phungudzo ya gese ya tshikhalani u ya nga ngona yo randelwaho; (c) t ˆ hat ˆ huvha mvelaphand ˆ a kha mugaganyagwama wa khaboni wo avhelwaho; (d) vhiga nga ṅwaha kha Minisit ˆ a malugana na mvelaphand ˆ a a tshi i vhambedza na mugaganyagwama wa khaboni wo avhelwaho nahone u vhiga zwi itwe nga nd ˆ ila yo randelwaho; na (e) kha nyimele ya uri uho u vhiga hu sumbedza uri muthu o kundelwa, u khou kundelwa kana u d ˆ o kundelwa u anana na mugaganyagwama wa khaboni wo avhelwaho, u tea u t ˆ alutshedza maga ane ene a d ˆ o a shumisa u itela uri a sa fhirise mugaganyagwama wa khaboni wo avhelwaho. (7) (a) Minisit ˆ a u tea u t ˆ ola mugaganyagwama wa khaboni wo avhelwaho kha muthu u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1) mafheloni a tshifhinga tsha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu tsha tshifhinga tsha vhud ˆ iimiseli tsha mugaganyagwama wa khaboni, kana musi ho vha na khumbelo nga muthu hu tshi tevhedzwa mugaganyagwama wa khaboni. (b) Muthu ane mugaganyagwama wa khaboni wo avhelwa ene a nga ita khumbelo ya khwin ˆ iso kana ya u fhelisa mugaganyagwama wa khaboni nga fhasi ha nyimele dzine dza d ˆ o randelwa kha ndangulo dzo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 30(2)(a)(i). (c) Zwivhumbi zwi re kha mutevhe wa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (2) zwi tea u dzhielwa nzhele musi mugaganyagwama wa khaboni u tshi t ˆ olwa. (8) Minisit ˆ a, hu saathu fhela tshifhinga tshine tsha pfadza tsha t ˆ holo ya mbetshelo ya khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (7), u tea u shandukisa mugaganyagwama wa khaboni— (a) u itela u vhona uri u dzula u na tshifhinga tsha zwifhinga zwa miṅwaha mit ˆ anu ine ya khou tou tevhekana i tshi vhalwa luraru; na (b) arali Mutevhe wa Gese ya Tshikhalani wa Lushaka u tshi sumbedza u engedzea ha Mabvele a gese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka nahone zwi nt ˆ ha ha mbofho na vhud ˆ iimiseli ha zwa phungudzo ya tshanduko ya kilima kha lushaka na mashango a dzitshakatshaka. (9) Mugaganyagwama wa khaboni wo avhelwaho u nga khwin ˆ iswa arali mushumo une mugaganyagwama wa khaboni wo n ˆ etshedzwaho wa vha uri wo rathiswa kana u wanwa u tshipid ˆ a kana wo fhelela nahone muthu a kwameaho u fanela u humbela nyavhelo hafhu ya mugaganyagwama wa khaboni kha Minisit ˆ a nga kha nd ˆ ila yo randelwaho. U fhungudza na u fhelisa vhubvisageseitwa ya tshikhalani na u d ˆ ivhadza 28. (1) Minisit ˆ a, a tshi khou kwamana na Dziminisit ˆ a dzi re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli kha dzisekithara na dzisekithara t ˆ hukhu dza vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani sa zwo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 25, nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete u fanela u— (a) d ˆ ivhadza dzenedzo gese dza tshikhalani dzine dza vha geseitwa dza tshikhalani; (b) t ˆ alusa, malugana na gese dziṅwe na dziṅwe dzi re kha mutevhe wa nd ˆ ivhadzo sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha pharagirafu ya (a), hu nga idzo gese dzi tshi tea u fheliswa kana u tou fhungudzwa; (c) randela phungudzelo dza tshumiso ya geseitwa dza tshikhalani u ya nga khethekanyo ya 26(3)(b); na (d) faredza zwifhingakalwa zwa u fhungudza kana u fhelisa geseitwa dza tshikhalani. (2) Minisit ˆ a, a tshi khou kwamana na Dziminisit ˆ a dzi re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha dzisekithara na dzisekithara t ˆ hukhu dza zwa vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani sa zwo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 25, na muṅwe na muṅwe a kwameaho, nga nd ˆ ila yo randelwaho, u tea u— (a) bveledzisa pul ˆ ane ya u fhungudza kana u fhelisa geseitwa dza tshikhalani dzo bulwaho u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1); na 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 39 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 40 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (b) review and update the plan provided for in paragraph (a) every five years. (3) A plan developed in accordance with subsection (2)(a) must— (a) address how importers and exporters of synthetic greenhouse gases must account for their emissions of synthetic greenhouse gases; (b) contain measures that facilitate the phase-down or phase-out of synthetic greenhouse gases; and (c) be consistent with the Republic’s international obligations. (4) The Minister may allocate a carbon budget to persons undertaking activities that give rise to emissions of the synthetic greenhouse gases declared pursuant to subsection (1), in which event the Minister must follow the process for the allocation of carbon budgets provided for in section 27. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory 29. (1) The Minister must establish an institutional arrangement to facilitate a national system of data collection for the creation of a National Greenhouse Gas Inventory and the annual compilation of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report. (2) The National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report contemplated in subsection (1) must— (a) set out and analyse emissions trends, including detailed reports on changes in the greenhouse gas emissions intensity in the economy; and (b) compare actual greenhouse gas emissions against the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory and national and international climate change mitigation commitments and obligations. (3) The Minister may by notice in the Gazette identify a list of activities and thresholds for which measurements or estimations of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sinks from stationary, mobile, fugitive, process, agriculture, land use and waste sources must be carried out. (4) The thresholds stipulated in subsection (3) must be expressed as a function of activity for greenhouse gas emissions reporting and may be different for different activities, taking into account the significance of the contribution of these activities to total national greenhouse gas emissions as well as its completeness. (5) A notice under subsection (3) must indicate the manner in which the information must be furnished and, if required, how the information must be verified. CHAPTER 6 GENERAL MATTERS AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS Regulations 30. (1) The Minister may make regulations— (a) in relation to any matter necessary to give effect to the Republic’s international climate change commitments and obligations; (b) in relation to the management of climate change response including incentives and disincentives to encourage a change in behaviour towards the generation of greenhouse gases amongst all sectors of society; (c) that will promote effective monitoring, evaluation and the assessment of national progress in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation matters, including— 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 40 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 41 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (b) t ˆ ola na u kwakwanyisa pul ˆ ane yo vhetshelwaho kha pharagirafu ya (a) kha miṅwaha mit ˆ anu miṅwe na miṅwe. (3) Pul ˆ ane yo bveledziswaho u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (2)(a) i tea u— (a) amba uri vharengamashangod ˆ avha na vharengiselamashangod ˆ avha vha dzigeseitwa dza tshikhalani vha tea u vhiga malugana na u bveledza havho geseitwa dza tshikhalani; (b) faredza maga ane a leludza u fhungudza kana u fhelisa geseitwa dza tshikhalani; na (c) anana kana u tevhedza mbofho dza mashango a dzitshakatshaka dza Riphabul ˆ iki. (4) Minisit ˆ a a nga avhela mugaganyagwama wa khaboni kha vhathu vhane vha khou shuma mishumo ine ya engedza vhubvisagese ya geseitwa dza tshikhalani dzo d ˆ ivhadzwaho hu tshi tevhelwa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1), hune Minisit ˆ a a tea u tevhela kuitele kwa u avhela migaganyagwama ya khaboni sa zwo vhetshelwaho kha khethekanyo ya 27. Mutevhe wa Gese ya Tshikhalani wa Lushaka 29. (1) Minisit ˆ a u tea u thoma nzudzanyo ya tshiofisi ya u leludza sisit ˆ eme ya lushaka ya u kuvhanganya data kana mafhungo u itela u sikwa ha Mutevhe wa Gese ya Tshikhalani ya Lushaka na u dzudzanya Muvhigo wa Mutevhe wa Gese ya Tshikhalani wa Lushaka. (2) Muvhigo wa Mutevhe wa Gese ya Tshikhalani wa Lushaka wo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1) u fanela u— (a) sumbedza na u saukanya vhubvisagese ha tshenetsho tshifhinga, hu tshi katelwa mivhigo yo dodombedzwaho nga ha tshanduko kha u engedzea ha vhubvagese ya tshikhalani kha ikonomi; na (b) vhambedza vhubvagese dza tshikhalani zwavhukuma zwi tshi vhambedzwa na nd ˆ ila ya vhubvagese dza tshikhalani dza lushaka na mbofho na vhud ˆ iimiseli kha zwa phungudzo ya tshanduko ya kilima nga mashango a dzitshakatshaka na lushaka. (3) Minisit ˆ a nga nd ˆ ivhadzo kha Gazete a nga sumbedza mutevhe wa mishumo na phungudzelo dzine ngadzo dziphimo kana nyanganyelo dza vhubvisagese dza tshikhalani na mitswonzwo ya khaboni u bva kha tshit ˆ itshi, tsudzuluwo, tshikomvisagese tshi sa langwi nga tshishumiswandangatshikafhadzo ya muya, , kuitele, vhulimivhufuwi, kushumisele kwa mavu na zwiko zwa malat ˆ wa zwa tea u shuṅwa. (4) Phungudzelo dzo bulwaho kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (3) dzi tea u bulwa sa mushumo wa nyito ya u vhiga nga ha vhubvagese ya tshikhalani nahone zwi nga fhambana kha nyito kana mishumo yo fhambanaho, hu tshi dzhielwa nzhele ndeme ya u dzhenela kha idzi nyito kha gumofulu l ˆ a vhubvisagese ya tshikhalani kha lushaka khathihi na u fhelela ha hone. (5) Nd ˆ ivhadzo nga fhasi ha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (3) i tea u sumbedza nd ˆ ila ine ngayo mafhungo a tea u n ˆ etshedzwa nahone, arali zwi tshi t ˆ od ˆ ea, i sumbedze-vho na uri mafhungo a nga khwat ˆ hisedzwa hani. NDIMA YA 6 MAFHUNGONYANGAREDZI NA NZUDZANYO DZA TSHANDUKO Ndangulo 30. (1) Minisit ˆ a a nga ita ndangulo— (a) malugana na mafhungo a u ita uri mbofho na vhud ˆ iimiseli kha zwa mashango a dzitshakatshaka nga Riphabul ˆ iki zwi shume; (b) malugana na ndango ya l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima hu tshi katelwa u fha malambat ˆ hut ˆ huwedzi na u sa fha malambat ˆ hut ˆ huwedzi u itela u t ˆ ut ˆ uwedza tshanduko ya mikhwa kha u sika gese dza tshikhalani kha sekithara dzot ˆ he dza tshitshavha; (c) dzine dza d ˆ o t ˆ ut ˆ uwedza u lavhelesa na u t ˆ hat ˆ huvha mvelaphand ˆ a ya lushaka kha zwa mafhungo a vhud ˆ oweli na phungudzo ya tshanduko ya kilima hu tshi katelwa— 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 41 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 42 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (i) in relation to the progress made by national departments, provinces and municipalities with the development and implementation of Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plans, climate change needs and response assessments and climate change response implementation plans; (ii) in relation to the performance of the departments responsible for the functions contemplated in Schedule 2, as well as provinces and municipalities, in respect of the national adaptation objectives; and (iii) in relation to the consequences for the failure of the departments responsible for functions listed in Schedule 2 as well as provinces and municipalities, to report in the prescribed manner; (d) that will promote the effective monitoring, evaluation and assessment of national progress in relation to climate change matters and climate change data and information, including information necessary to determine climate change vulnerability and to foster resilience; and (e) in relation to the administration and operation of the Presidential Climate Commission or any committee established in terms of this Act, to ensure the achievement of its purpose, functions and responsibilities. (2) The Minister must make regulations— (a) in relation to the management of climate change response, including— (i) the determination, review, revision, compliance with and enforcement of an allocated carbon budget, amendment and cancellation of a carbon budget allocation, the content, implementation and operation of a greenhouse gas mitigation plan, and all matters related thereto; and (ii) the phasing down or phasing out of synthetic greenhouse gases, including the development of timeframes, inventories and mechanisms for reporting; (b) that will promote the effective monitoring, evaluation and assessment of national progress in relation to climate change matters and climate change data and information, including information relating to direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions, for the purposes of planning, analysis and monitoring and the compilation of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, and that will inform how the Republic may comply with any international obligations; and (c) in relation to any other matter which the Minister must prescribe in terms of this Act. (3) A regulation made in terms of this Act may provide that any person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision thereof commits an offence and will be liable, upon conviction, to the penalties contemplated in section 49B(2) of the National Environmental Management Act. (4) Any regulations made in terms of section 18 must, 30 days prior to the publication of the regulations in the Gazette, be tabled in Parliament. Consultation 31. (1) Before exercising a function or power in terms of section 17(1), 19, 20, 21(2), 21(3), 22(1)(b), 22(1)(c), 23(1), 24(1), 24(4), 25(1), 25(2), 25(3), 25(7), 25(9), 25(10), 26(1), 26(2), 26(5), 26(6), 27(1), 27(7), 27(8), 27(9), 28, 29(3) or 30, the Minister, MEC or mayor, as the case may be, must follow such consultative processes as may be appropriate in the circumstances. (2) When conducting a consultation contemplated in subsection (1), the Minister must— (a) consult all Cabinet members whose areas of responsibility will be affected by the exercise of the function or power; and (b) in accordance with the principles of cooperative governance as set out in Chapter 3 of the Constitution, consult the MEC in each province that will be affected by the exercise of the power. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 42 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 43 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (i) zwine zwa kwama mvelaphand ˆ a yo itwaho nga mihasho ya lushaka, mavundu na mimasipala hune ha vha na mveledziso na u shumiswa ha Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila dza Vhud ˆ oweli kha Sekithara, t ˆ hod ˆ ea dza tshanduko ya kilima na t ˆ hat ˆ huvho dza l ˆ iga l ˆ a pul ˆ ane dza u shumiswa ha l ˆ iga kha zwa tshanduko ya kilima; (ii) zwine zwa kwama kushumele kwa mihasho ine ya vha na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli kha mishumo yo elekanywaho kha Shedul ˆ u ya 2, khathihi na mavundu na mimasipala, malugana na zwipikwa zwa vhud ˆ owedzi ha lushaka; na (iii) zwine zwa kwama masiandoitwa a u kundelwa ha mihasho i re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha mishumo i re kha mutevhe wa Shedul ˆ u ya 2 khathihi na mavundu na mimasipala, kha u vhiga nga nd ˆ ila yo randelwaho; (d) dzine dza d ˆ o t ˆ ut ˆ uwedza u lavhelesa na u t ˆ hat ˆ huvha mvelaphand ˆ a malugana na mafhungo a tshanduko ya kilima na data na mafhungo a tshanduko ya kilima, hu tshi katelwa mafhungo o teaho ane a ta tshayatsireledzo kha zwa tshanduko ya kilima na u t ˆ ut ˆ uwedza vhukhwat ˆ heli; na (e) malugana na ndaulo na kushumele kwa Khomishini ya Kilima ya Phresidennde kana komiti iṅwe na iṅwe yo thomiwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa uno Mulayo, u itela u vhona uri hu swikelelwe ndivho dzayo, mishumo yayo na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli hayo. (2) Minisit ˆ a u tea u ita ndangulo— (a) malugana na ndango ya l ˆ iga l ˆ a tshanduko ya kilima, hu tshi katelwa— (i) u ta, t ˆ ola, khwin ˆ iwa, tevhedza na u tevhedziswa ha mugaganyagwama wa khaboni wo avhelwaho, khwin ˆ iso na pheliso ya nyavhelo ya mugaganyagwama wa khaboni, zwi re ngomu na u shumisa na kushumele kwa pul ˆ ane ya phungudzo ya gese ya tshikhalani, na mafhungo ot ˆ he a kwamanaho na eneo; na (ii) u fhungudza kana u fhelisa gese dza tshikhalani dzi si dza mupo, hu tshi katelwa mveledziso ya zwifhinga, mitevhe na nd ˆ ila dza u vhiga; (b) dzine dza d ˆ o t ˆ ut ˆ uwedza u lavhelesa, u t ˆ hat ˆ huvha mvelaphand ˆ a ya lushaka kha zwa mafhungo a tshanduko ya kilima na mafhungo na data nga ha tshanduko ya kilima, hu tshi katelwa mafhungo o livhaho na a songo livhaho a mabvele a gese ya tshikhalani, u itela ndivho ya vhupul ˆ ani, tsenguluso na ndavheleso na khuvhanganyo ya Mutevhe wa Gese ya Tshikhalani wa Lushaka, nahone izwi zwi d ˆ o tsivhudza Riphabul ˆ iki uri i nga tevhedza hani mbofho dza mashango a dzitshakatshaka dziṅwe na dziṅwe; na (c) malugana na fhungo l ˆ iṅwe na l ˆ iṅwe l ˆ ine Minisit ˆ a a tea u randela u ya nga uno Mulayo. (3) Ndangulo yo itwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa uno Mulayo i nga ita mbetshelo ya uri muṅwe na muṅwe muthu ane a pfuka kana u kundelwa u tevhedza mbetshelo u vha o ita vhutshinyi nahone u tea u vha na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli, musi o wanwa mulandu, u tea u rwiwa nga ndat ˆ iso dzo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 49B(2) ya Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka. (4) Dziṅwe na dziṅwe ndangulo dzo itwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo ya 18, kha mad ˆ uvha 30 phand ˆ a ha u and ˆ adza ndangulo kha Gazete, dzi tea u itwa uri dzi lavheleswe Phalamenndeni. Vhukwamani 31. (1) Phand ˆ a ha musi hu tshi shumiwa mushumo kana u shumisa maand ˆ a u ya nga khethekanyo ya 17(1), 19, 20, 21(2), 21(3), 22(1)(b), 22(1)(c), 23(1), 24(1), 24(4), 25(1), 25(2), 25(3), 25(7), 25(9), 25(10), 26(1), 26(2), 26(5), 26(6), 27(1), 27(7), 27(8), 27(9), 28, 29(3), kana 30, Minisit ˆ a, kana n ˆ ed ˆ orobo, zwi tshi ya nga zwine nyimele ya vha zwone, u tea u tevhela maitele a vhukwamani u ya nga hune zwa vha zwo tea nyimele. (2) Musi hu tshi itwa zwa vhukwamani ho elekanywaho kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1), Minisit ˆ a u tea— (a) u kwama mirad ˆ o yot ˆ he ya Khabinete ine masia a vhud ˆ ifhinduleli hayo a ya kwamea nga u shuma mushumo kana u shumisa maand ˆ a; na (b) uri a tshi khou tevhedza ndayo dza kuvhusele na tshumisano a sumbedze kha Ndima ya 3 ya Ndayotewa, a kwame Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC) kha vundu l ˆ iṅwe na l ˆ iṅwe l ˆ ine l ˆ a kwamea nga u shumiswa ha mannd ˆ a. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 43 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 44 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 (3) When conducting a consultation contemplated in subsection (1), an MEC must— (a) consult all members of the Executive Council whose areas of responsibility will be affected by the exercise of the function or power; and (b) in accordance with the principles of cooperative governance as set out in Chapter 3 of the Constitution, consult the Minister and all other national organs of state that will be affected by the exercise of the function or power. (4) In respect of the carbon budgets issued in terms of section 27, the Minister must follow a fair procedure prior to the issue of the carbon budget including consultation with the person to whom a carbon budget is allocated. (5) When conducting a consultation contemplated in subsection (1), a mayor must follow such consultative processes in accordance with the principles of cooperative governance as set out in Chapter 3 of the Constitution. Public participation 32. (1) Before exercising a function or power in terms of section 17(1), 19(1), 19(2), 20(1), 20(3), 21(2), 22(1)(b), 22(1)(c), 23(1), 23(3), 24(1), 24(4), 25(1), 25(2), 25(3), 25(7), 25(9), 25(10), 26(1), 26(2), 26(5), 26(6), 28 or 30, the Minister, MEC or mayor, as the case may be, must give notice of the proposed exercise of the relevant function or power— (a) in the Gazette; and (b) in at least one newspaper distributed nationally or, if the exercise of the function or power will affect only a specific area, in at least one newspaper distributed in that area. (2) The notice contemplated in subsection (1) must— (a) invite members of the public to submit to the Minister, MEC or mayor, as the case may be, within 30 days of publication of the notice in the Gazette, written representations on or objections to the proposed exercise of the funtion or power; and (b) contain sufficient information to enable members of the public to submit meaningful representations or objections. (3) The Minister, MEC or mayor may in appropriate circumstances allow any interested person or community to present oral representations or objections in terms of subsection (2) to the Minister, MEC or mayor, or to a person designated by the Minister or MEC or mayor. (4) The Minister, MEC or mayor must give due consideration to all representations and objections received or presented before exercising the function or power concerned. Delegation 33. (1) The Minister may delegate a power or duty vested in him or her in terms of this Act, excluding the power to make regulations in terms of section 30, in accordance with section 42 of the National Environmental Management Act. (2) An MEC may delegate a power or duty vested in or delegated to him or her in terms of this Act in accordance with section 42A of the National Environmental Management Act. Access to information 34. Information provided to the Minister or the Department in terms of this Act must be made available by the Minister subject to the provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000), and the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013). 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 44 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 45 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 (3) Musi hu tshi itwa zwa vhukwamani ho elekanywaho kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1), Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC) u tea— (a) u kwama mirad ˆ o yot ˆ he ya Khorotshitumbe ine masia ayo a vhud ˆ ifhinduleli a a kwamea nga u shuma mushumo kana u shumisa maand ˆ a; na (b) uri u ya nga ndayo dza kuvhusele na tshumisano sa zwo sumbedzwaho kha Ndima ya 3 ya Ndayotewa, a Kwame Minisit ˆ a na zwiṅwe zwiimiswa zwot ˆ he zwa muvhuso zwine zwa d ˆ o kwamea nga u shuma mushumo kana u shumisa maand ˆ a. (4) Malugana na migaganyagwama ya zwa khaboni yo n ˆ etshedzwaho u ya nga khethekanyo ya 27, Minisit ˆ a u fanela u tevhela kuitele ku pfadzaho phand ˆ a ha u n ˆ etshedza mugaganyagwama wa zwa khaboni hu tshi katelwa vhukwamani na muthu ane mugaganyagwama wa zwa khaboni u khou avhelwa ene. (5) Musi hu tshi itwa zwa vhukwamani ho elekanywaho kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1), n ˆ ed ˆ orobo u tea u tevhela ayo maitele u ya nga ndayo dza kuvhusele na tshumisano sa zwo sumbedzwaho kha Ndima ya 3 ya Ndayotewa. U dzhenela ha tshitshavha 32. (1) Phand ˆ a ha musi hu tshi shumiwa mushumo kana u shumisa maand ˆ a hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo ya 17(1), 19(1), 19(2), 20(1), 20(3), 21(2), 22(1)(b), 22(1)(c), 23(1), 23(3), 24(1), 24(4), 25(1), 25(2), 25(3), 25(7), 25(9), 25(10), 26(1), 26(2), 26(5), 26(6), 28 kana 30, Minisit ˆ a, Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe kana n ˆ ed ˆ orobo, zwi tshi ya nga zwine nyimele ya vha zwone, u tea u fha nd ˆ ivhadzo malugana na u dzinginywa ha u shuma mushumo wo teaho kana u shumisa maand ˆ a— (a) kha Gazete; na (b) kha gurannd ˆ a dzi si ho fhasi ha nthihi ine ya phad ˆ aladzwa u mona na lushaka kana, arali u shuma mushumo kana u shumisa maand ˆ a zwi tshi d ˆ o kwama vhufhethu honoho fhedzi, gurannd ˆ a dzi si ho fhasi ha nthihi dzi phad ˆ aladzwaho kha honoho vhupo dzi nga shumiswa. (2) Nd ˆ ivhadzo yo elekanywaho kha khethekanyo thukhu ya (1) i fanela u— (a) ramba mirad ˆ o ya tshitshavha uri i ise kha Minisit ˆ a, Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC) kana n ˆ ed ˆ orobo, u ya nga hune nyimele ya vha zwone, hu saathu fhela mad ˆ uvha 30 a u and ˆ adzwa ha nd ˆ ivhadzo sa zwe zwa elekanywa kha khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1) kha Gazete, i ise zwine ya khou sumbedza nga ha kana khanedzo malugana na u shumisa maand ˆ a ho dzinginywaho; na (b) vha yo faredza mafhungo o ed ˆ anaho ane a konisa uri mirad ˆ o i kone u isa zwine ya khou amba kana khanedzo zwi vhe zwi pfalesaho. (3) Minisit ˆ a, Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC) kana n ˆ ed ˆ orobo kha nyimele dzo teaho a nga tendela muthu muṅwe na muṅwe a re na dzangalelo kana tshitshavha tshi re na dzangalelo tshi tshi n ˆ etsheddza kana u sumbedza nga u tou amba nga muloma kana u hanedza hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (2) kha Minisit ˆ a, Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC) kana n ˆ ed ˆ orobo, kana kha muthu a n ˆ angwaho nga Minisit ˆ a kana Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe kana n ˆ ed ˆ orobo. (4) Minisit ˆ a, Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC) kana n ˆ ed ˆ orobo vha tea u lavhelesa zwe zwa sumbedzwa zwot ˆ he na khanedzo dzot ˆ he dze dza t ˆ anganedzwa kana u d ˆ iswa phand ˆ a ha u shuma mushumo kana u shumisa maand ˆ a a kwameaho. Vhurumelwa 33. (1) Minisit ˆ a a nga rumela maand ˆ a kana mishumo ye a hweswa u ya nga uno Mulayo, hu sa katelwi maand ˆ a a u ita ndangulo u ya nga khethekanyo ya 30, hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo ya 42 ya Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka. (2) Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC) a nga rumela maand ˆ a na mishumo ye a hweswa u ya nga uno Mulayo hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo ya 42A ya Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka. U swikelela mafhungo 34. Mafhungo o fhiwaho Minisit ˆ a kana Muhasho u ya nga uno Mulayo a tea u itwa uri a wanale nga Minisit ˆ a a tshi khou tevhedza mbetshelo dza Mulayo wa t ˆ hut ˆ huwedzo ya u Swikelela Mafhungo wa, 2000 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 2 wa 2000), na Mulayo wa Tsireledzo ya Mafhungo a Muthu wa, 2013 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 4 wa 2013). 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 45 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 46 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 Offences and penalties 35. (1) A person commits an offence if that person— (a) fails to provide data, information, documents, samples or materials to the Minister in terms of section 23(1); (b) provides false and misleading data, information, documents, samples or materials to the Minister in terms of section 23(1); (c) fails to prepare and submit a greenhouse gas mitigation plan to the Minister in terms of section 27(4); (d) fails to comply with or contravenes the notice of the Minister in terms of section 28(1); and (e) fails to comply with the measures contemplated in section 28(3)(b). (2) A person convicted of an offence in terms of subsection (1) is liable to a fine not exceeding R5 million or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding R10 million or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years or to both such fine and imprisonment. Appeals 36. (1) Any person may appeal to the Minister against a decision taken by any person acting under a power delegated by the Minister under this Act. (2) Any person may appeal to an MEC against a decision taken by any person acting under a power delegated by that MEC under this Act. (3) An appeal lodged in terms of subsection (1) or (2) must be noted and dealt with in terms of section 43(4) of the National Environmental Management Act. Savings, transitional provisions and amendment of laws 37. (1) The notice relating to the Declaration of Greenhouse Gases as Priority Air Pollutants, 2017, published under Government Notice No. 710 of 21 July 2017, the National Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations, 2017, published under Government Notice No. 712 of 21 July 2017, and the National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations, 2016, published under General Notice No. 275 of 3 April 2017, made in terms of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004), will serve as regulations and notices published in terms of this Act, as soon as this Act comes into operation and will remain in force and effect until they are amended, replaced or repealed in terms of this Act. (2) The National Environmental Management Act is hereby amended to the extent reflected in Schedule 3. Short title and commencement 38. This Act is called the Climate Change Act, 2024, and comes into operation on a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 46 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 47 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 Vhutshinyi na ndat ˆ iso 35. (1) Muthu u vha o ita vhutshinyi arali uyo muthu a— (a) kundelwa u fha Minisit ˆ a data, mafhungo, maṅwalo, sambula na matherial ˆ a u ya nga khethekanyo ya 23(1); (b) fha Minisit ˆ a data, mafhungo, maṅwalo, sambula kana matherial ˆ a a u zwifha kana zwine zwa xedza u ya nga khethekanyo ya 23(1); (c) kundelwa u dzudzanya na u isa pul ˆ ane ya u fhungudza gese ya tshikhalani kha Minisit ˆ a u ya nga khethekanyo ya 27(4); (d) kundelwa u tevhedza kana a pfukekanya nd ˆ ivhadzo ya Minisit ˆ a u ya nga khethekanyo ya 28(1); na (e) kundelwa u tevhedza maga o elekanywaho kha khethekanyo ya 28(3)(b). (2) Muthu ane a wanwa mulandu wa vhutshinyi u ya nga khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1) u tea u badeliswa ndat ˆ iso i sa pad ˆ i R5 mil ˆ ioni kana u tou valelwa dzhele lwa tshifhinga tshi sa pad ˆ i miṅwaha mit ˆ anu, na uri kha nyimele ya u wanwa mulandu lwa vhuvhili kana u wanwa mulandu hune ha tevhela u tea u badeliswa ndat ˆ iso ine ya sa pad ˆ e R10 mil ˆ ioni kana u tou valelwa lwa tshifhinga tshi sa pad ˆ i miṅwaha ya 10, na uri kha vhuvhili ha izwi hu na izwo zwa u tou badela ndat ˆ iso na u valelwa dzhele. Dziaphil ˆ i 36. (1) Muṅwe na muṅwe muthu a nga ita aphil ˆ i kha Minisit ˆ a malugana na tsheo yo dzhiiwaho nga muthu muṅwe na muṅwe ane a khou zwi shuma nga fhasi ha maand ˆ a e a hweswa nga Minisit ˆ a nga fhasi ha uno Mulayo. (2) Muṅwe na muṅwe muthu a nga ita aphil ˆ i kha Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC) malugana na tsheo yo dzhiiwaho nga muthu muṅwe na muṅwe ane a khou zwi ita nga fhasi ha maand ˆ a e a hweswa nga Murad ˆ o wa Khorotshitumbe (MEC) nga fhasi ha uno Mulayo. (3) Aphil ˆ i yo itwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa khethekanyo t ˆ hukhu ya (1) kana (2) i tea u dzhielwa nzhele nahone i shumiwe u ya nga khethekanyo ya 43(4) ya Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka. Zwi sa katelwi, mbetshelo dza tshanduko na khwin ˆ iso ya milayo 37. (1) Nd ˆ ivhadzo malugana na u D ˆ ivhadzwa ha Gese dza Tshikhalani sa dzone dza Ndemesa kha Tshikafhadzo ya Muya, 2017, yo and ˆ adzwaho nga fhasi ha Nd ˆ ivhadzo ya Muvhuso ya nomboro ya. 710 ya 21 Fulwana 2017, Ndangulo dza Lushaka dza Pul ˆ ane dza u Thivhela Tshikafhadzo dza, 2017, dzo and ˆ adzwaho nga fhasi ha Nd ˆ ivhadzo ya Muvhuso ya nomboro ya. 712 ya 21 Fulwana 2017, na Ndangulo dza Lushaka dza u Vhiga nga ha Kubvele kwa Gese dza Tshikhalani dza, 2016, dzo and ˆ adzwaho nga fhasi ha Nd ˆ ivhadzo ya Muvhuso ya nomboro ya. 275 ya 3 Lambamai 2017, dzo itwaho hu tshi khou tevhedzwa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka: Mulayo wa Vhud ˆ i ha Muya wa, 2004 (Mulayo wa nomboro ya. 39 wa 2004), izwi zwi d ˆ o shuma sa ndangulo na nd ˆ ivhadzo dzo and ˆ adzwaho u ya nga uno Mulayo, nga u t ˆ avhanya zwenezwi uno Mulayo u tshi tou thoma u shuma nahone dzi d ˆ o dzula dzi khou shuma u swika dzi tshi khwin ˆ iswa, u imeliwa kana u fheliswa hu tshi khou tevhedzwa uno Mulayo. (2) Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka u khou khwin ˆ iswa u ya nga zwe zwa sumbedzwa kha Shedul ˆ u ya 3. Dzina l ˆ ipfufhi na u thoma u shumisa Mulayo 38. Uno Mulayo u vhidzwa u pfi Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima wa, 2024, nahone u d ˆ o thoma u shuma nga datumu ine ya d ˆ o dzudzanywa nga Phresidennde nga Mulevho kha Gazete. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 47 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 48 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 SCHEDULE 1 Functions relevant to the development of Sectoral Emissions Targets Agriculture; Forestry; Fisheries; Cooperative Governance; Traditional Affairs; Economic Development; Energy; Environment; Health; Human Settlements; International Relations; Mineral Resources; National Treasury; Public Enterprises; Public Works; Rural Development; Land Reform; Science; Technology; Trade; Industry; Transport; Water Affairs; and Sanitation. SCHEDULE 2 National Departments and State-Owned Entities responsible for certain functions required to develop a Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan Agriculture; Education; Cooperative Governance; Forestry; Fisheries; Disaster Risk Reduction; Energy; Environment; Health; Human Settlements; Manufacturing; Public Enterprises; Rural Development; Land Reform; Science; Technology; Tourism; Traditional Affairs; Transport; Water Affairs; and Sanitation. 48 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 49 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 SHEDUL ˆ U YA 1 Mishumo yo teaho kha mveledziso ya Zwipikwa zwa Vhubvisagese kha Sekithara Vhulimivhufuwi; Mad ˆ aka; Vhureakhovhe; Kuvhusele na Tshumisano; Zwa Sialala; Mveledziso ya Ikonomi; Fulufulu; Mupo; Mutakalo; Madzulo a Vhathu; Vhushaka na Mashango a Dzitshakatshaka; Zwa Migodi; Vhufaragwama ha Lushaka; Mabindu a Tshitshavha; Mishumo ya Tshitshavha; Mveledziso ya Mashangohaya; Mvusuludzo ya Mavu; Saintsi; Thekhinol ˆ odzhi; Makwevho; Nd ˆ owetshumo; Vhuendi; Zwa Mad ˆ i; na Vhuthathatshili. SHEDUL ˆ U YA 2 Mihasho ya Lushaka na Zwiimiswa zwa Muvhuso zwi re na vhud ˆ ifhinduleli ha mishumo yeneyo ine ya t ˆ od ˆ ea ya u bveledzisa Pul ˆ ane na Nd ˆ ila ya Vhud ˆ owedzi kha Sekithara Vhulimivhufuwi; Pfunzo; Kuvhuselel na Tshumisano; Mad ˆ aka; Vhureakhovhe; Phungudzo ya Khovhakhombo ya Zwiwo; Fulufulu; Mupo; Mutakalo; Madzulo a Vhathu; Vhumagi; Mabindu a Tshitshavha; Mveledziso ya Mashangohaya; Mvusuludzo ya Mavu; Saintsi; Thekhinol ˆ odzhi; Vhuendelamashango; Zwa Sialala; Vhuendi; Zwa Mad ˆ i; na Vhuthathatshili. 49 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 50 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 Act no. 22 of 2024 Climate Change Act, 2024 SCHEDULE 3 Amendment of laws: Section 34 Act no. Year Title Extent of amendment or repeal 107 1998 National Environmental Man agement Act 1. The amendment of sec tion 1— (a) by the deletion in the defini tion of ‘‘specific environ mental management Act’’ of the word ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (g); (b) by the deletion in the defini tion of ‘‘specific environ mental management Act’’ of the comma at the end of paragraph (h) and the inser tion of a semi-colon and the word ‘‘or’’; and (c) by the addition to the defini tion of ‘‘specific environ mental management Act’’ of the following paragraph: ‘‘(i) the Climate Change Act, 2024.’’ 50 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za STAATSKOERANT, 23 July 2024 No. 50966 51 nom 22 ya 2024Mulayo wa Tshanduko ya Kilima, 2024 SHEDUL ˆ U YA 3 Khwin ˆ iso ya milayo: Khethekanyo ya 34 Nomboro ya Mulayo Ṅwaha Dzina Vhuhulu ha khwin ˆ iso kana pheliso 107 1998 Mulayo wa Ndango ya Mupo wa Lushaka 1. Khwin ˆ iso ya khethekanyo ya 1— (a) nga u thuthwa kha t ˆ halu tshedzo ya ‘‘Mulayo wa ndango ya mupo wonoyo’’ ha ipfi ‘‘kana’’ mafheloni a paragirafu ya (g); (b) nga u thuthwa kha t ˆ halu tshedzo ya ‘‘Mulayo wa ndango ya mupo wonoyo’’ ha khoma mafheloni a pharagirafu ya (h) na u dzhe niswa ha semi-khol ˆ oni na ipfi ‘‘kana’’; na (c) nga u engedzwa ha t ˆ halu tshedzo ya ‘‘Mulayo wa ndango ya mupo’’ kha pharagirafu i tevhelaho: ‘‘(i) Mulayo wa Tshandu ko ya Kilima wa, 2024.’’ 51 52 No. 50966 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23 July 2024 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Printed by and obtainable from the Government Printer, Bosman Street, Private Bag X85, Pretoria, 0001 Contact Centre Tel: 012-748 6200. eMail: info.egazette@gpw.gov.za Publications: Tel: (012) 748 6053, 748 6061, 748 6065