SOUTH AFRICA NAP PROCESS MILESTONES

South Africa's National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCCAS) acts as its National Adaptation Plan (NAP), aiming for a climate-resilient transition through a country-driven process involving 11 sectors and three spheres of government. The strategy addresses the expectation that climate change will exacerbate poverty and service access, with projections indicating drastic temperature increases—potentially over 6°C in some interior regions under low mitigation—and uncertain rainfall patterns.

• The National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCCAS) functions as South Africa's National Adaptation Plan (NAP), establishing a common vision for resilience and sustainable development. It integrates existing and developing sectoral, provincial, and local strategies to scale up adaptation interventions and build community adaptive capacity.
• The NAP process is designed to be country-driven, utilizing traditional knowledge and science to provide policy guidance across 11 sectors. It coordinates efforts between business, non-governmental organizations, and the three spheres of government: national, provincial, and local.
• Climate change is viewed as a development issue in South Africa, with the expectation that it will worsen existing challenges such as poverty and limited access to services.
• Climate projections for South Africa show significant temperature increases, particularly in the interior. Under low mitigation, temperatures could increase by more than 4°C between 2080–2099, with possibilities exceeding 6°C in the western, central, and northern interior. High mitigation could limit interior increases to 2.5–4°C.
• Rainfall projections are more uncertain than temperature projections. Low mitigation scenarios suggest overall drier conditions with an increase in extreme rainfall events over the interior, while high mitigation scenarios show conflicting projections of either generally wetter or drier conditions over the central and eastern interior.

APA

NAP Global Network (2019). SOUTH AFRICA NAP PROCESS MILESTONES. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/napgn-en-2019-south-africa-nap-process-poster.pdf

Chicago

NAP Global Network. SOUTH AFRICA NAP PROCESS MILESTONES. 2019. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/napgn-en-2019-south-africa-nap-process-poster.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{napglobalnetwork2019south, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{SOUTH AFRICA NAP PROCESS MILESTONES}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2019}, month = feb, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/napgn-en-2019-south-africa-nap-process-poster.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }