To promote, facilitate and lead cooperative environmental governance to support the transition to environmentally sustainable development across all spheres of government, this requires the Department to over the next five years, not only to efficiently, transparently and accountably govern its infrastructure, financial and human resources, but also to: promote environmental education, awareness and communication, provide strategic, evidence-based spatially referenced and policy relevant research and information for environmental and sustainable development decision-making at all levels; facilitate the mainstreaming of sustainable development and environmental objectives into planning instruments at national, provincial and local government levels; facilitate and support South Africa's transition to a sustainable, low carbon green economy, through the National Green Fund and the Department's EPWP Environmental Programmes. These overarching strategic goals, outcomes focus and priorities inform the strategic overview, planned policies and implementation approach of departmental programmes over the next five years, as follows: Legal, authorisation and compliance enforcement