GIZ South African Climate Change Education and Awareness Survey

Mthente Research and Consulting Services has been appointed by the Department of Environmental Affairs and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarheit (GIZ) to conduct a South African Climate Change Education and Awareness Survey.

Mthente understands that the 2011 National Climate Change Response Policy (NCCRP) sets out South Africa’s climate change response and approach to achieving a just transition to a climate-resilient and low-carbon economy and society, advancing the vision of the National Development Plan 2030 (NDP). Key to the achievement of South Africa’s climate change response objectives, as indicated in the NCCRP, is the informed participation of all stakeholders in South Africa’s climate change response.  This is to be enabled by enhanced awareness and understanding of climate change causes through understanding its impacts and having access to information.  This is deemed to be, a basis for empowered and transformative action by all sectors of society.

Through the research Mthente’s aims to:

• Analyse the climate change education and awareness survey results in line with international and national assessment standards.
• Identify barriers and opportunities for enhancing climate change education and awareness in South Africa.
• Provide recommendations to inform the development of the climate change education and awareness strategy.