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  "title": "South Africa: Technical Assistance Report-Report on Macro-relevant Climate Change Statistics Diagnostic Mission (July 17–21, 2023)",
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  "summary": "South Africa faces significant climate change challenges given its high dependency on coal energy and physical concentration of nature-related risks. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change projects that extreme temperatures to be on the upward trajectory.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- Mission dates: July 17–21, 2023.\n- Publication date on landing page: March 8, 2024.\n- Context: South Africa has high dependency on coal energy and physical concentration of nature-related risks; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change projects that extreme temperatures to be on the upward trajectory.\n- Objective: IMF Statistics Department diagnostic mission to support authorities in developing a workplan for enhancing environment and climate change statistics.\n- Host and financing: Hosted by Statistics South Africa; mission financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs."
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      "heading": "Key findings and immediate priorities",
      "content": "- Data needs for policy:\n  - South Africa requires large amounts of granular, relevant, and reliable data for evidence-based planning and a just transition.\n- Broad stakeholder agreement to prioritize:\n  - Establishment of a centralized environmental and climate change database with formalized institutional arrangements for coordination, data sharing protocols, and communication of statistics.\n  - Development of the first set of air emission accounts and reestablishment of the energy flow accounts."
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      "content": "- Strengthen capacity for collection of statistics on government environmental expenditures and subsidies, especially from sub sovereign governments and municipalities.\n- Provide tailored technical assistance/training on carbon footprints of foreign direct investments."
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      "heading": "Anticipated impacts of climate risks (as reported)",
      "content": "- Increased frequency and intensity of nature-related risks expected to have profound effects on:\n  - Human health.\n  - Access to food and water.\n  - Biodiversity, habitats and ecosystems.\n  - Infrastructure and human settlements.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Tarea2024014\n  - Tarea2024014 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Tarea2024014 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/technical-assistance-reports/issues/2024/03/08/south-africa-technical-assistance-report-report-on-macro-relevant-climate-change-statistics-545718"
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400267338.019",
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