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Page 1: Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute · Southern African Faith Communities Environment ... knowledge and local adaptive responses will be prioritised and the ownership

Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute

Bishop Geoff Davies 

Liz McDaid                  

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SAFCEI upholds the core principles of the Earth  Charter, including:

• Respect and care for the community of life• Ecological integrity• Social and economic justice• Democracy, non‐violence and peace 

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– We cannot afford to build more coal‐fired power 

stations, financially and for the health of our planet.

– We do not want to build any further nuclear power 

stations, not only for safety reasons but on economic 

grounds and the fact that no community wants a 

nuclear station at its back door. 

– The government should put all its efforts into 

developing renewable energy and promoting energy 

efficiency. These will bring about huge employment 

opportunities and will enable South Africa to take a 

leading position in Africa for rolling out renewable 

energy and in doing so bring energy to the people of 

Africa. 

SAFCEI input in 2009 and 2010

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No need for  despair! 

God has given us  all the energy 

we need from  renewable 

sources.

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South Africa’s emissions strategy

Peak

Plateau

Decline

cut emissions 34% by 2020, 42% by 2025, from current path (conditional)

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The poor and vulnerable are least able to withstand climate 

change

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Systems thinking

Zero waste 

Entire economy and social  development driven by 

climate change

Finance for innovation and cc opportunities

Direct government action

Government alignment

Ecological restoration

Monitoring and data collection

LIFE SUPPORT

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Human Settlements

•Scale up programmes to reduce rural vulnerability and 

enhance local food security by educating subsistence and 

small holder farmers on the potential risks of climate change 

and support them in developing adaptation strategies, 

including conservation agriculture practices and water 

harvesting by means of participatory, on‐farm 

demonstration and experimentation. In this way indigenous 

knowledge and local adaptive responses will be prioritised 

and the ownership of adaptation programmes by local 

communities and their empowerment in the process of 

implementation will be a key objective

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• A simplified early warning system has been set up, to help the local 

villagers on the floodbanks

of the Búzi

river. • Water levels along the river are also measured regularly by villagers 

using straightforward gauges.

• A national radio frequency is reserved for the flood reports and

warnings. 

• If there is particularly heavy rainfall or the water level becomes 

critical, this information is passed on by radio. Should reports

indicate widespread heavy rainfall, the alarm is raised. 

• The people living in the area undergo special training to alert them 

to the dangers. 

• Local disaster prevention teams have been formed in a number of 

Búzi

river basin villages. • The people in the village are informed in meetings at the local 

meeting points. This helps keep the awareness alive 

Mozambique

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ENERGY SECURITY

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20/06/07Parliamentary Hearing on Nuclear

Energy

Improving quality of life through better energy  services 

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Climate change is not an energy or economic issue

It is a deeply moral issue dealing with the future of life on this planet

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