ASGISA
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Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa
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CSD
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Commission for Sustainable Development (of the United Nations)
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DAC
|
Development Assistance Committee
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DEAT
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Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
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EIA
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Environmental Impact Assessment
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EPWP
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Expanded Public Works Programme
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FOSAD
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Forum of South African Directors General
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GDP
|
Gross Domestic Product
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GHG
|
Greenhouse Gas
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GWM&ES
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Government-wide Monitoring and Evaluation System
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IMF
|
International Monetary Fund
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IWRM
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Integrated Water Resource Management
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IPCC
|
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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JPOI
|
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
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JSE
|
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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LED
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Local Economic Development
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LTMS
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Long-Term Mitigation Scenario
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MDG
|
Millennium Development Goals
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M&E
|
Monitoring and Evaluation
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MTEF
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Medium Term Expenditure Framework
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NEEA
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National Energy Efficiency Agency
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NEMA
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National Environmental Management Act
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NEMPA
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National Environmental Management Protected Areas Act
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NEPAD
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development
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NFSD
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National Framework for Sustainable Development
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NSDAP
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National Sustainable Development Action Plan
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NSDP
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National Spatial Development Perspective
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NSDS
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National Skills Development Strategy
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NSDS
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National Sustainable Development Strategy - Internationally used acronym (not used in South Africa because the National Skills Development Strategy bears the same acronym, but its used globally as a common acronym for sustainable development strategies)
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NSSD
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National Strategy for Sustainable Development - SA acronym
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OECD
|
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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NT
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South African National Treasury
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PCAS
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Policy Coordination and Advisory Services
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PCC
|
President’s Coordinating Council
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PGDS
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Provincial Growth and Development Strategy
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R&D
|
Research and Development
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RD&I
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Research, Development and Innovation
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SADC
|
Southern African Development Community
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SAEO
|
South Africa Environment Outlook
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SD
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Sustainable Development
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SOE
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State-owned Enterprise
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SoE
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State of the Environment
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SoER
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State of the Environment Report
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Stats SA
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Statistics South Africa
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UN
|
United Nations
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UNCED
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United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
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UNDESA
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United Nations Division for Economic and Social Affairs
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UNDP
|
United Nations Development Programme
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UNEP
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United Nations Environment Programme
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UNFCCC
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United Nations Convention on Climate Change
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URP
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Urban Renewal Programme
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WSSD
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World Summit on Sustainable Development
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Acronyms i
1. Background and Introduction 1
1.1. The Global Sustainable Development Regime 1
1.2. A Global definition for Sustainable development 3
1.3. A global target for National Sustainable Development Strategies 3
2. The National Framework on Sustainable Development (NFSD) 4
2.1 The NFSD Process 4
2.2 Sustainable development as defined in the NFSD 6
3. The Proposed National Sustainable Development Action Plan (NSDAP) 9
3.1 The rationale for NSDAP 10
3.2 Implementation challenges and opportunities 11
a) Global economic crisis 11
b) Climate Change 12
c) Food Crisis 13
d) Energy Crisis 14
3.3 The Proposed Action Plan 15
Priority Area 1: Sustaining eco-systems and using natural resources efficiently 16
Priority Area 2: Economic development and infrastructure 17
Priority Area 3: Creating sustainable human settlements 18
Priority Area 4: Enhancing systems for integrated planning and implementation 18
Priority Area 5: Responding appropriately to emerging human development, economic and environmental challenges 19
4. Monitoring and Evaluation framework: Sustainable Development Indicators 20
5. Financial Framework 21
7. Institutional mechanism for sustainable development 22
