Climate Change Act, 2024 (Act No. 22 of 2024)Chapter 4 : National Adaptation to Impacts of Climate Change22. Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan |
| (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 |
| (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. |