National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008
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Climate Change Act, 2024 (Act No. 22 of 2024)Chapter 5 : Greenhouse Gas Emisssions and Removals29. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory |
| (1) | The Minister must establish an institutional arrangement to facilitate a national system of data collection for the creation of a National Greenhouse Gas Inventory and the annual compilation of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report. |
| (2) | The National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report contemplated in subsection (1) must— |
| (a) | set out and analyse emissions trends, including detailed reports on changes in the greenhouse gas emissions intensity in the economy; and |
| (b) | compare actual greenhouse gas emissions against the national greenhouse gas emissions trajectory and national and international climate change mitigation commitments and obligations. |
| (3) | The Minister may by notice in the Gazette identify a list of activities and thresholds for which measurements or estimations of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sinks from stationary, mobile, fugitive, process, agriculture, land use and waste sources must be carried out. |
| (4) | The thresholds stipulated in subsection (3) must be expressed as a function of activity for greenhouse gas emissions reporting and may be different for different activities, taking into account the significance of the contribution of these activities to total national greenhouse gas emissions as well as its completeness. |
| (5) | A notice under subsection (3) must indicate the manner in which the information must be furnished and, if required, how the information must be verified. |
