Information Sharing for Adaptation Planning at Sub-national Levels: South Africa’s Let’s Respond Toolkit Country Brief 3

The document highlights South Africa's commitment to vertical integration in climate adaptation planning, specifically through the Let’s Respond Toolkit. This platform provides local governments and stakeholders with practical tools, technical data, and planning supports to develop Climate Change Response Plans. Future strategies include establishing provincial forums and appointing local climate change champions to improve two-way communication with communities.

• South Africa utilizes a process of vertical integration to link national and sub-national adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E).
• The Let’s Respond Toolkit is a web-based resource designed to help local governments and stakeholders in South Africa develop Climate Change Response Plans, which aim to manage climate impacts by building social, economic, and environmental resilience.
• The Let’s Respond platform facilitates information sharing by providing three main types of resources: practical tools for vulnerability assessment and stakeholder engagement, technical information including long-term adaptation scenarios, and planning supports such as templates and training materials.
• Future information-sharing plans in South Africa include creating provincial forums on climate change, launching topic-specific and localized campaigns, and appointing climate change champions at the local level to link adaptation messaging with integrated development plans.

APA

Dazé, A. (2017). Information Sharing for Adaptation Planning at Sub-national Levels: South Africa’s Let’s Respond Toolkit Country Brief 3. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/napgn-en-2017-snapshot-information-sharing-for-adaptation-planning-at-sub-national-levels-south-africas-lets-respond-toolkit.pdf

Chicago

Dazé, Angie. Information Sharing for Adaptation Planning at Sub-national Levels: South Africa’s Let’s Respond Toolkit Country Brief 3. NAP Global Network, 2017. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/napgn-en-2017-snapshot-information-sharing-for-adaptation-planning-at-sub-national-levels-south-africas-lets-respond-toolkit.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{daz2017information, author = {Dazé, Angie}, title = {{Information Sharing for Adaptation Planning at Sub-national Levels: South Africa’s Let’s Respond Toolkit Country Brief 3}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2017}, month = apr, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/napgn-en-2017-snapshot-information-sharing-for-adaptation-planning-at-sub-national-levels-south-africas-lets-respond-toolkit.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }