• Climate Change Act, 2024 (Act No. 22 of 2024)
    • Notice No. 5050 of 2024
    • Act
    • Preamble
    • Chapter 1 : Interpretations, Objects and Application
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Objects of Act
      • 3. Principles
      • 4. Application of Act
      • 5. Application of National Environmental Management Act
      • 6. Conflict with other legislation
    • Chapter 2 : Policy Alignment and Institutional Arrangements
      • 7. Alignment of policies
      • 8. Provincial Forums on Climate Change
      • 9. Municipal Forums on Climate Change
      • 10. Presidential Climate Commission
      • 11. Functions of Presidential Climate Commission
      • 12. Process of appointment
      • 13. Appointment of Executive Director
      • 14. Financial administration
      • 15. Reporting to government
      • 16. Administrative and secretariat support
    • Chapter 3 : Climate Change Response: Provinces and Municipalities
      • 17. Climate change response
      • 18. Finance mechanism
    • Chapter 4 : National Adaption to Impacts of Climate Change
      • 19. Adaptation objectives
      • 20. Adaptation scenarios
      • 21. National Adaptation Strategy and Plan
      • 22. Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan
      • 23. Adaptation Information and Synthesis Adaptation Report
    • Chapter 5 : Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals
      • 24. National greenhouse gas emissions trajectory
      • 25. Sectoral emissions targets
      • 26. Listed greenhouse gases and activities
      • 27. Carbon budgets
      • 28. Phase-down and phase-out of synthetic greenhouse gas emissions and declaration
      • 29. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
    • Chapter 6 : General Matters and Transitional Arrangements
      • 30. Regulations
      • 31. Consultation
      • 32. Public participation
      • 33. Delegation
      • 34. Access to information
      • 35. Offences and penalties
      • 36. Appeals
      • 37. Savings, transitional provisions and amendment of laws
      • 38. Short title and commencement
    • Schedules
      • Schedule 1 : Functions relevant to the development of Sectorial Emissions Targets
      • Schedule 2 : National Departments and State-Owned Entitites responsible for certain functions required to develop a Sector Adaptation Strategy and Plan
      • Schedule 3 : Amendment of laws
  • Proclamation
    • Commencement of the Climate Change Act, 2024 (Act No. 22 of 2024)
      • Proclamation Notice 251 of 2025