1. Local Government Climate Change Support Program 2016
Draft Mopani DM Climate Change Response Plan

2. Presentation Contents
Climate change plan development
Activities to date
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Results
Draft Climate Change Response Actions

3. Climate Change Plan Development
Developed through the Local Government Climate Change Support Program (LGCCS)
First Step - Conducting a climate change vulnerability assessment
Second Step - Developing climate change responses
Draft plan in place for review

4. Progress to date Toolkit development
District level vulnerability assessments 17 May 2016
Draft municipal Climate Change Response Plans

5. Agriculture

6. Priority Indicators: Agriculture
Theme
Indicator Title
Agriculture
Change in grain (maize, wheat & barley) production
Increased risks to livestock (cattle and pigs)
Loss of Grasslands

7. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Change in grain (maize, wheat & barley) production
Research & improve understanding of CC impacts on grain production
Research and improve understanding of grain production
Conduct research on alternative agricultural production that can be implemented
Promote knowledge generation, knowledge sharing, stakeholder participation and awareness-raising grain production
Implement evidence based monitoring initiatives that feed into management systems
Identify climate resilient land-uses that will support the agricultural industry’s efforts to exploit new agricultural opportunities, new areas and new crops thus reducing climate change impacts on current agricultural potential

8. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Increased risks to livestock (cattle and pigs)
Commission research and improve understanding of CC impacts livestock
Generate and share scientific, social and indigenous knowledge
Promote knowledge generation, sharing & stakeholder participation
Strengthen management plans, to enable continuous monitoring of water and herbage availability for livestock
Develop a framework that will assist farmers with adjusting to reduced rainfall
Educate farmers on the advantages associated with early detection of diseases in animals

9. Responses: Agriculture
Sub-Project: Loss of Grasslands
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on biodiversity
Research and improve understanding of ecosystems services
Promote knowledge generation, sharing & stakeholder participation
Strengthen management plans of grasslands
Implement evidence based monitoring initiatives
Incorporate biodiversity management into planning systems for other sectors

10. Human Health

11. Priority Indicators: Human Health
Theme
Indicator Title
Human Health
Increased Occupational Health Problems

12. Responses: Human Health
Sub-Project: Increased Occupational health problems
Conduct CC impact assessment on occupational health
Identify and profile groups that are most vulnerable to heat stress and dehydration
Conduct awareness campaigns on the health risks of high temperatures in the workplace
Commission a reliable early warning system that will alert industries and businesses on extreme weather events

13. Human Settlements

14. Priority Indicators: Human Settlements
Theme
Indicator Title
Human Settlements
Loss of industrial productivity
Increased isolation of rural communities
Decreased income from Tourism

15. Responses: Human Settlements
Sub-Project: Loss of industrial productivity
Identify and prioritise vulnerable industries and business
Commission a reliable early warning system to alert industries & businesses on the possible occurrences of emergencies such as storms, floods, high temperatures and droughts
Conduct workshops to advise industries and business on how to reduce the risk associated with the potential impacts of CC
Promote the use of climate resilient technologies in industries and business.

16. Responses: Human Settlements
Sub-Project: Increased isolation of rural communities
Identify alternative access routes to rural communities
Identify roads at risk of flooding and erosion and prioritise those for upgrading and maintenance
Identify local responses that will reduce isolation of rural communities
Build CC resilient road infrastructure that serves as a link for rural areas
Implement flooding drainage systems that will reduce impacts on rural roads
Develop economic nodes and improved service provision in rural areas to improve connectivity

17. Responses: Human Settlements
Sub-Project: Decreased income from tourism
Conduct climate change impact assessment on tourism
Develop resilience programs for tourism assets
Investigate available alternative tourism and recreational opportunities
Develop and promote tourism opportunities that are climate change robus
Develop disaster risk management plans that consider CC impacts on tourism assets

18. Water

19. Priority Indicators: Water
Theme
Indicator Title
Water
Less water available for irrigation and drinking

20. Responses: Water
Sub-Project: Less water available for irrigation and drinking
Research and improve understanding of CC impacts on water quality and availability
Incorporate projected CC impacts into the planning of municipal water supply
Identify and implement innovative water harvesting and savings initiatives
Collect information on indigenous knowledge which has previously been utilised in the past
Plan for projected increases in drought cycles as a result of CC
Implement watershed management that responds to reduced water availability

21. Local Government Climate Change Support Program 2016
Draft Mopani DM Climate Change Response Plan