Adopted by the National Council of Provinces on 25 April 2024, and the National Assembly on 24 October 2023, the Climate Change Bill is the first piece of legislation in South Africa that is specifically aimed at addressing the effects and impact of climate change. The bill is now send to President Cyril Ramaphosa to sign it into law. The Bill outlines six purposes, which include: - Implementing a unified approach to address climate change and its impacts; - Manage climate change impacts by improving adaptive capacity and resilience, aiming for social, economic, and environmental resilience and a strong national adaptation strategy; - Contribute fairly to global efforts to limit greenhouse gas concentrations to prevent dangerous interference with the climate system; - Transition justly to a low carbon economy and society, considering national circumstances; - Fulfill South Africa’s international climate change commitments and obligations; - Protect and preserve the planet for current and future generations.