New regulation was published by Environmental Affairs Minister in the
Government Gazette for public comment. It sought to penalize people convicted
of an offence in terms of the regulation to a fine up to R10-million, or prison sentence not exceeding ten
years.
The regulation was prepared after the recent finalisation of South
Africa’s national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory between 2000 and 2010. South
Africa is in the process of developing a national GHG inventory system to
ensure that the country prepared and managed data collection and analysis, as
well as all relevant information related to climate change in the most
consistent, transparent and accurate manner for both internal and external
reporting. Read more at http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/