Hon Deputy Speaker, Cope agrees that climate change currently poses the greatest threat facing humankind. Worryingly, by all accounts South Africa will warm at twice the global average. Already the effects of climate change are to be felt here at home.
We agree that South Africa must play its role in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this regard, we note that we have, in terms of the Paris Agreement on climate change, undertaken to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by close to half within the next six years. This is an onerous commitment and as Cope we question whether the commitment made will be realised given the provisions of this Bill in its final form.
Greenhouse gas emissions and the resultant global warming harm the world and South Africa socially and environmentally. The impact and consequences of global