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Climate Change Laws and Policies

General correspondence with Department of Environmental Affairs regarding Climate Change plans and policies

• CER’s letter to the Minister and DEA raising concerns and requesting clarification on the implementation of the GHG Reporting Regulations and Pollution Prevention Plan Regulations (19 January 2018)
• CER letter to DEA outlining concerns with regard to the recently published Mitigation Pathways and Additional Climate Mitigation and Adaptation projects/documents (23 February 2018)
• CER letter to DEA on the operalisation of the post 2020 mitigation system (15 June 2018)
  • Annexure A
  • Annexure B
  • Annexure C
  • Annexure D
  • Annexure E
  • Annexure F
  • Annexure G
• CER letter to DEA requesting access to pollution prevention plans and greenhouse gas reporting records (25 June 2018)

• Annexure A

• Letter to Minister and Department FFE – Climate Change Bill related information (18 May 2022)

• Annexure 1 DFFE Climate Change Bill Responses
• Annexure 2 SEIAs Report for Climate Change Bill

Nationally Determined Contribution – General

• CER Letter to Minister and DFFE (5 Aug 2022) – requesting information about updating NDC’s as requested at COP 26, motivating that current NDC is too weak, and enquiring about monitoring and adherence to current NDC.