Website for the Provincial Climate Change Response Strategy

The department has commissioned a project to develop a Provincial Climate Change Response Strategy and Action Plan.

A project website has been developed that contains a host of information about the project including the presentations delivered at the stakeholder engagement workshops and summaries of stakeholder feedback. THIS WEBSITE IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL!

HOWEVER THE FINAL Western Cape Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan and Supplimentary Reports ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

The website is constantly being improved.

It is intended that a section is developed to provide lots of useful Western Cape oriented climate change facts as well as a section that will provide information on what individuals can do to mitigate climate change as well as adapt to the impacts that are already being felt in the province.

Keep an eye on this blog or the project website for further developments.

SA loosing 600bn litres of water each year

Co-incidental with Premier Rasool's announcement in his State of the Province speech today, of a major provincial water leak repair initiative as part of the Provincial Climate Change Response Programme it is staggering to see the magnitude of the water loss problem reported today on News24.

Cape Town - More than 600 billion litres of piped water supplied for domestic use is "lost" each year as a result of leaks, inaccurate meters, failing to bill consumers and theft, Water Affairs Minister Lindiwe Hendricks said on Thursday ... See the link above for all the details