Facing climate change : building South Africas̕' strategy

Facing climate change : building South Africas̕' strategy / Stefan Raubenheimer ; [editing by Glenda Younge].

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raubenheimer, Stefan
Other Authors: Younge, Glenda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Cape Town] : Idasa, 2011.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > South Africa.
Climatic changes
South Africa
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Acronyms
  • Chapter 1
  • Beginnings
  • Climate Change and South Africa
  • 2005: a quick tour through Climate Science â€? then
  • International co-operation
  • South Africa: important or insignificant?
  • Breaking the impasse
  • An idea
  • Context
  • The â€?what ifâ€? questions
  • First steps
  • Chapter 2
  • Method
  • The case for Scenarios
  • Scenario fundamentals
  • â€?Contextâ€? Scenarios in the LTMS
  • The effectiveness of Scenarios
  • The assessment approach of the LTMSAchieving social accountability through stakeholders
  • Facilitation in the LTMS
  • Consensus seeking
  • A word on social accountability
  • Finally
  • Chapter 3
  • Building the Scenarios
  • Chronology of the LTMS study at Scenario Building Team (SBT) level
  • Setting up the SBT
  • The issue of facilitators and process administrators
  • Technical content
  • Communication
  • Wrapping up the preparations
  • SBT 1 kicks off
  • Research groups
  • Rules of the game
  • Status of work
  • Definition of main terms
  • Background to the Scenarios: the South African contextNext steps
  • Chapter 4
  • The picture emerges
  • SBT 2 and 3
  • The base year, and the horizon year
  • Building Scenario 5
  • Energy emissions: the big job in Scenario A
  • SBT 3 and 4
  • Exploring the actions
  • Nuclear versus renewables
  • Chapter 5
  • Getting there
  • Building wedges of emissions reductions
  • The last gap
  • The day of the â€?fairy godmotherâ€? technologies
  • SBT 5
  • A remarkable consensus
  • Future contextual â€?Scenariosâ€?: the external environment
  • The final draft package
  • Economy-wide modellingThe last Working Group
  • SBT 6: The fi nal SBT meeting
  • Planning the next phase
  • Adieu SBT?
  • Chapter 6
  • Response, reaction
  • The four Round Tables
  • Government
  • Civil society
  • Labour
  • Business
  • A special moment
  • The Cabinet response
  • The international stage
  • The World Bank review and other responses
  • On balance
  • Some criticisms
  • Finally, Copenhagen
  • Chapter 7
  • From Scenarios to plans
  • The LTMS and the policy process
  • Planning for low carbon
  • Could South Africa do it?
  • Chapter 8
  • ConclusionOther country processes
  • An LTAS?
  • Some personal reflections
  • Annexure 1
  • Some climate facts pertinent to South Africa
  • Annexure 2
  • The terms of reference for the LTMS
  • Annexure 3
  • Scenario examples
  • Annexure 4
  • Methodology for Scenario building
  • Annexure 5
  • Assessment examples
  • Annexure 6
  • Assessment methodology
  • Annexure 7
  • Management in the LTMS
  • Annexure 8
  • Team members identified for SBT 1
  • Annexure 9
  • A list of â€?fairy godmotherâ€? technologies
  • ""Annexure 10
  • Media Statement by Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Cape Town, 28 July 2008""

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