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IUCN

IIEC

Development Bank of Southern Africa

UNDP

GEF

Department of Agriculture Conservervation Environment and Land Affairs

Department for Environmental Affairs and Tourism

Future Forests

Business Action for Sustainable Development

The Johannesburg Climate Legacy (JCL) aims to:

Assess and offset the carbon emissions footprint of the World Summit on Sustainable Development;

To encourage all delegates attending WSSD to offset the emissions generated as a result of their attendance at the Summit in Johannesburg;

To use funds raised to fund sustainble energy projects in South Africa that will offset the footprint and make the event Carbon Neutral;

To build capacity in climate mitigation projects, and transfer skills and knowledge;

To provide a model for future UN and other events from a climate perspective.

Specific targets for the JCL include:

To assess the footprint resulting from delegate's attendance at the Summit and identify carbon reducing projects in South Africa to offset this footprint;

To raise $5,000,000 to fund carbon reducing projects;

To deliver emissions reductions over a 5 year period, building capacity at the local level;

To ensure that the Summit is certified a Carbon Neutral Event.

The JCL project is being implemented through the following steps:

A governing body was formed, an association constituted, a technical working group created, and a trust fund established;

Potential carbon reducing projects are screened;

Projects will be implemented, delivering emission reductions and ensuring that the Summit is certified a carbon neutral event.

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