Magistrates' Courts "Lower Courts" Act, 1944
R 385
Climate Change Act, 2024 (Act No. 22 of 2024)Chapter 5 : Greenhouse Gas Emisssions and Removals24. National greenhouse gas emissions trajectory |
| (1) | The Minister must, in consultation with Cabinet, by notice in the Gazette determine a national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory for the Republic. |
| (2) | The national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory must— |
| (a) | specify a national greenhouse gas emissions reduction objective represented by a quantitative description of the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions projected to be emitted during a specified period in the Republic; |
| (b) | be informed by relevant evidence-based and latest information regarding the total current and projected amounts of greenhouse gas emissions in the Republic; and |
| (c) | be consistent with the principles and objectives of this Act and the Republic’s international obligations. |
| (3) | Until such time as the Minister publishes the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory in terms of subsection (1), the latest updated Nationally Determined Contribution serves as the trajectory. |
| (4) | The Minister, in consultation with Cabinet— |
| (a) | must review the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory every five years from the coming into operation of this Act; and |
| (b) | may periodically review the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory when national circumstances require such a review, including when such requirement is demonstrated by— |
| (i) | monitoring and evaluation results; |
| (ii) | technological advances; |
| (iii) | the best available science, evidence or information; |
| (iv) | the Republic’s international commitments and obligations; or |
| (v) | constraints and opportunities to implementation of policies and measures. |
