“CAN Collectibles”: South Africa
19 May 2012
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National term of greeting: |
Howzit? / Heyta! |
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Annual alcohol consumption: |
>200 litres per person per year (beer equivalent) |
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Annual cheese consumption: |
We prefer meat. |
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Best things about South Africa: |
Sun, surf, sand (take that, Australia!). Lots of unspoilt open spaces. |
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Worst things about South Africa: |
Our soccer team. Lots of unspoilt open spaces targeted for fracking. |
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Things you didn't know: |
South Africa has 3 capitals separated by as much as 1600 km. |
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Existing action on the table: |
Peak national emissions between 2020 and 2025, plateau for up to a decade and then decline. Bring emissions below business-as-usual trajectory by 34% by 2020 and 42% by 2025, conditional on receipt of adequate support. 9% of SA’s electricity supply from new renewables (excluding hydro) by 2030. |
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Additional actions South Africa should agree to as its 2020 contribution, at a minimum: |
Peak emissions by 2020 and as far as possible below 550 Mt/annum. Achieve 15% of electricity from new renewable energy technologies by 2020. Adopt a process, with timeline, to establish a national carbon budget, or at least sectoral budgets covering at least 80% of national emissions, by mid-October 2013. Deploy over 25 million m2 of solar water heating collection. Enforce comprehensive energy efficiency labelling regulations. |