Experience in Developing Legislation to Support South Africa's Mandatory GHG Emissions Reporting Program and National Inventory Data Flow

Partnership for Market Readiness

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: REGULATION;    GREENHOUSE GAS;    EMISSIONS;    LEGISLATION;    POLITICAL PROCESS;   

RP-ID  :  122407

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

South Africa's National ClimateChange Response Policy (NCCRP) sets out a number of keygoals. Reaching these goals will enable South Africa to meetits commitments under the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They key elementsthat will ensure South Africa can effectively track andsteer greenhouse has (GHG) emissions and removals are thefollowing: Establishment of a national system for GHGmeasurement, reporting and verification (MRV). MeetingUNFCCC reporting commitments on steps taken and envisaged toimplement the UNFCCC (focusing on understanding and drivingdown GHG concentration trends). Integration of these MRVactivities with established South Africa systems for AirPollution Management.