## South Africa: Technical Assistance Report-Report on Macro-relevant Climate Change Statistics Diagnostic Mission (July 17–21, 2023)

_Technical Assistance Reports, March 8, 2024_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 8, 2024
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400267338.019

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### Summary
- Mission dates: July 17–21, 2023.
- Publication date on landing page: March 8, 2024.
- 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.
- Objective: IMF Statistics Department diagnostic mission to support authorities in developing a workplan for enhancing environment and climate change statistics.
- Host and financing: Hosted by Statistics South Africa; mission financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.

### Key findings and immediate priorities
- Data needs for policy:
  - South Africa requires large amounts of granular, relevant, and reliable data for evidence-based planning and a just transition.
- Broad stakeholder agreement to prioritize:
  - Establishment of a centralized environmental and climate change database with formalized institutional arrangements for coordination, data sharing protocols, and communication of statistics.
  - Development of the first set of air emission accounts and reestablishment of the energy flow accounts.

### Medium-term needs and capacity gaps
- Strengthen capacity for collection of statistics on government environmental expenditures and subsidies, especially from sub sovereign governments and municipalities.
- Provide tailored technical assistance/training on carbon footprints of foreign direct investments.

### Anticipated impacts of climate risks (as reported)
- Increased frequency and intensity of nature-related risks expected to have profound effects on:
  - Human health.
  - Access to food and water.
  - Biodiversity, habitats and ecosystems.
  - Infrastructure and human settlements.

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