Energy and climate change

What the City is doing

Cape Town’s Energy and Climate Action Plan has 11 objectives, with targets and detailed implementation plans involving 40 programmes and more than 120 projects. The Action Plan is managed and co-ordinated by the City’s Energy and Climate Change Unit, across all directorates and departments. The Action Plan is a living document: it establishes a clear programme of action, while at the same time reflecting ongoing developments. It also contains information to assist allocation of resources, monitoring and evaluation of progress, and identification of priorities and gaps.

Energy and climate action plan objectives include:

• Citywide: 10% reduction in electricity consumption by 2012, off a ‘business-as-usual’ baseline 
  
• Council (local authority) operations: 10% reduction in energy consumption by 2012 
  
• 10% renewable and cleaner energy supply by 2020. Meet growth in electricity demand with cleaner/renewable supply, among other sources 
  
• Build a more compact, resource-efficient city 
  
• Develop a more sustainable transport system 
  
• Adapt to and build resilience to climate change 
  
• Improve the resilience of vulnerable communities 
  
• Enable local economic development in the energy sector 
  
• Access climate finance 
  
• Raise awareness and promote behaviour change through communication and education 
  
• Recruit staff; undertake research and development; establish data management systems; conduct monitoring and evaluation; update plan annually
  
  

For more information on what the City is doing:

• Click here to view the City of Cape Town Moving Mountains Report
  
• Click here to view the City of Cape Town State of Energy Report
  
• Click here to view the Climate Smart Cape Town website