Climate Adaptation Response Plan for South Africa’s Coastal Sector

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has officially launched the Climate Adaptation Response Plan for South Africa’s Coastal Sector. "the Coastal Climate Change Adaptation Response Plan (CARP) provides a strategic framework for enhancing the resilience of coastal communities, ecosystems, and economies. Grounded in the National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (2019) and supported by the Integrated Coastal Management Act (No. 24 of 2008) and the recently enacted Climate Change Act (No. 22 of 2024), CARP also advances our international obligations under the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework."