# summary

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- Published: 2025-08-05T11:54:13+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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[CHAPTER 1: INTERPRETATION AND PURPOSE OF REGULATIONS](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget/summary/#1738150189952-44103674-e29d1656-f3cb)

 1.  a. Defines key terms such as “data provider,” “carbon budget allocation,” and “mitigation
        plan.” ​
     b. States the purpose of the regulations is to facilitate compliance with the Climate
        Change Act and manage carbon budgets. ​

[CHAPTER 2: DECLARATION OF LIST OF GREENHOUSE GASES ACTIVITIES](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget/summary/#1738150189975-5d0623dc-47dc1656-f3cb)

 1.  a. Lists greenhouse gases and activities that contribute to climate change. ​
     b. Activities must have commenced and are subject to periodic review.

[CHAPTER 3: DATA PROVIDER REGISTRATION](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget/summary/#1738150854013-bb98f5fb-7d091656-f3cb)

 1.  a. Data providers must register if they exceed a threshold of 30,000 tonnes CO2-eq
        annually. ​
     b. Registration timelines: 60 days for existing providers, 30 days for new entrants.​
     c. Registration details must be accurate and submitted via a web-based platform. ​

[CHAPTER 4: CARBON BUDGETS](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget/summary/#1738151172108-10076802-4d001656-f3cb)

 1.  a. Data providers must submit greenhouse gas emissions data at least one year before
        the commitment period. ​
     b. Carbon budget allocations are determined based on submitted data and methodologies
        outlined in the regulations. ​

[CHAPTER 5: MITIGATION PLANS](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget/summary/#1738151231288-dfdfde22-26f01656-f3cb)

 1.  a. Data providers must prepare and submit mitigation plans to demonstrate compliance
        with carbon budget allocations. ​
     b. Plans must include details of mitigation measures and projected emission reductions.​

[CHAPTER 6: REPORTING REQUIREMENTS](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget/summary/#1738151253752-ee477515-a6461656-f3cb)

 1.  a. Annual progress reports on compliance with carbon budgets and implementation of
        mitigation plans are required. ​
     b. Reports must be submitted by March 31 each year for the preceding calendar year.​

[CHAPTER 7: VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget/summary/#1754395019993-4f3747a5-2c86)

 1.  a. Independent verification of emissions data is mandatory at least three times per
        commitment period. ​
     b. Data providers are responsible for the costs associated with validation and verification.​

[CHAPTER 8: GENERAL MATTERS](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget/summary/#1754395058314-5cb1f37a-16a9)

 1.  a. Outlines appeals process, offences, and penalties for non-compliance.
     b. Non-compliance with carbon budget allocations may result in higher carbon tax 
        rates. ​

[ANNEXURES](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget/summary/#1754395093879-fbbb1563-3b37)

 1.  a. Annexures provide detailed lists of greenhouse gases, listed activities, and registration
        requirements. ​
     b. Include templates for data submission and reporting formats.

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A Framework for a Just Transition in SA — Presidential Climate Commission

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Expert Perspectives — Presidential Climate Commission

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### In the News

    - SA Legal Academy — [CARBON BUDGETING & EMISSION MITIGATION PLANNING: DRAFT REGULATIONS OUT FOR COMMENT](https://legalacademy.co.za/news/read/carbon-budgetting-emission-mitigation-planning-draft-regulations-out-for-comment)
    - Engineering News — [Carbon budget and mitigation regulations to be released for comment in August](https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/carbon-budget-and-mitigation-regulations-to-be-released-for-comment-in-august-2025-07-21)
    - Green Building Africa — [South Africa publishes draft National Greenhouse Gas Carbon Budget and Mitigation Plan Regulations for comment](https://www.greenbuildingafrica.co.za/south-africa-publishes-draft-national-greenhouse-gas-carbon-budget-and-mitigation-plan-regulations-for-comment/)
    - BusinessDay — [SA tightens climate change regime](https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2025-08-04-sa-tightens-climate-change-regime/)
    - White & Case — [Unpacking the South African Climate Change Act](https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/unpacking-the-south-african-climate-change-act)
    - BusinessDay — [Dion George opens carbon budget regulations for public input](https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/economy/2025-07-21-dion-george-opens-carbon-budget-regulations-for-public-input/)
    - Mining Weekly — [The impact of the Climate Change Act on the mining industry](https://www.miningweekly.com/article/the-impact-of-the-climate-change-act-on-the-mining-industry-2025-01-28)
    - Daily Maverick — [‘Doesn’t have teeth’ — experts voice concern about deferral of ‘key’ clauses in Climate Change Act](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-03-18-climate-change-act-concern-about-deferral-of-key-clauses/)

**Wits Global Change Institute** What is a carbon budget and why should South Africans
care? How much are we polluting, and how much should we cut down by 2050 to prevent
a disaster? Here’s what you need to know about cutting carbon emissions and getting
on a low carbon pathway, before it’s too late.

Researchers at Imperial’s Grantham Institute developed this animation to explain
what the carbon budget is, and why the world needs to take drastic action to cut
emissions of greenhouse gases.

**BusinessDay TV** Sasol has slashed the budget for its greenhouse-gas emission 
reduction roadmap by 70% and will now spend no more than R7 billion on the initiative.
The group believes it will still be able to reduce its global greenhouse-gas emission
footprint by 30% come 2030. Business Day TV spoke to CEO Simon Baloyi for more detail.

**CBC News** Meteorologist Christy Climenhaga explains how carbon budgets can impact
climate change, and how challenging it can be to implement them.

**Lexis Nexis South Africa** LexisNexis South Africa hosted a Soft Launch and author
discussion with the authors of the Concise Guide to Carbon Tax.

**Bloomberg Originals** Imagine a financial tool that lowers greenhouse gasses, 
speeds the green transition and rejuvenates forests. That’s the promise of carbon
offsets, but far from the reality. In this segment from Getting Warmer, Kal Penn
explains how carbon offset markets work, or in most cases don’t.

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### I strongly oppose the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill [B9B – 2018], which I believe to be unconstitutional and unnecessary, for the following reasons:

 1. The Bill violates our constitutional rights as religious persons to express our
    religious beliefs without fear of punishment or persecution (section 15, read with
    section 16). Increasingly, around the world but also in South Africa, various holy
    scriptures (particularly on contentious issues) are regarded as “politically incorrect”
    or “offensive”, allegedly causing emotional and/or social harm.
 2. I specifically oppose the Bill’s:
 3.  a. wide definition of “harm” (in Clause 1);
     b. the failure to define “hatred” (in Clause 1); and
     c. definition of, and creation of, the crime of “hate speech” (in Clause 4).
 4. The creation of the crime of “hate speech” for saying / distributing something 
    which could possibly be construed as “harmful”, will have certain unintended consequences,
    namely the criminalisation of good / well-meaning people who will be prosecuted
    for saying what they sincerely believe (according to their holy texts) and sent
    to jail.
 5. There are already sufficient existing laws dealing with “hate speech”.
 6. For all of the reasons given, I ask:
 7.  a. For the scrapping of the “hate speech” sections from the Bill altogether;
     b. Alternatively, should the “hate speech” provisions remain part of the Bill, we
        ask:
     c.  a. That “harm” be defined as: “gross emotional and psychological detriment that 
            objectively and severely undermines the human dignity of the targeted group”;
            and
         b. That “hatred” be defined as: “strong and deeply-felt emotions of enmity, ill-
            will, detestation, malevolence and vilification against members of an identifiable
            group, that implies that members of that group are to be despised, scorned, denied
            respect and subjected to ill-treatment based on their group affiliation”.
     d. That Clause 4(2)(d) (the “religious exemption clause”) be strengthened as follows
        to protect:
         _“expression of any religious conviction, tenet, belief, teaching,
        doctrine or writings, by a religious organisation or an individual, in public 
        or in private, to the extent that such expression does not actively support, instigate,
        exhort, or call for extreme detestation, vilification, enmity, ill-will and malevolence
        that constitutes incitement to cause gross emotional and psychological harm that
        severely undermines the dignity of the targeted group, based on race, ethnicity,
        gender, religion or sexual orientation”._