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Author Raubenheimer, Stefan

Title Facing climate change : building South Africas̕' strategy / Stefan Raubenheimer ; [editing by Glenda Younge]
Published [Cape Town] : Idasa, 2011

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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 � then -- International co-operation -- South Africa: important or insignificant? -- Breaking the impasse -- An idea -- Context -- The �what if� questions -- First steps -- Chapter 2 -- Method -- The case for Scenarios -- Scenario fundamentals -- �Context� 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 �fairy godmother� technologies -- SBT 5 -- A remarkable consensus -- Future contextual �Scenarios�: 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 �fairy godmother� technologies
""Annexure 10 -- Media Statement by Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Cape Town, 28 July 2008""
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Climatic changes -- South Africa
Climatic changes
South Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Younge, Glenda
LC no. 2011399044
ISBN 192040953X
9781920409531
1920409521
9781920409524