,LCP4805 Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025 - DUE 27
March 2025 ;100 % TRUSTED workings, Expert
Solved, Explanations and Solutions.
MULTIPLE CHOICE ASSURED EXCELLENCE
Question 1 1. List and provide examples of environmental
sector-specific legislation that addresses (directly or indirectly)
climate change issues in South Africa. Question 2 2. In
Sustaining the Wild Coast NPC and Others v Minister of Mineral
Resources and Energy and Others (3491/2021) [2021] ZAECGHC
118; [20221 1 All SA 796 (ECG); 2022 (2) SA 585 (ECG) (28
December 2021), the litigants relied on, inter alia, their
Indigenous rights and knowledge to oppose Shell's employment
of a 3D seismic survey in the country's south- eastern coastal
waters. In this context, answer the following question. Did Shell
petroleum fulfil the requirements of the public
participation/consultation process? Motivate your answer in full
by referring to: Applicable environmental legislation generally
and within the ElA process, and Specific paragraphs in the
judgment. Question 3 3. The notion of a just energy transition
speaks to the need to gradually move away from fossil fuels
concerning energy production towards more sustainable
sources of energy — such as solar and wind energy. 3.1. What
existential threat informs the need for a just energy transition?
3.2. What has been identified as drivers for the said threat as
well as its impacts and indicators (list three indicators)?
, Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Environmental Sector-Specific Legislation in South Africa
o 2.1. National Environmental Management Act (NEMA)
o 2.2. National Environmental Management: Air Quality
Act (NEM:AQA)
o 2.3. National Environmental Management: Waste Act
(NEM:WA)
o 2.4. Carbon Tax Act
o 2.5. Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)
3. Public Participation in the Shell Seismic Survey Case
o 3.1. Overview of the Case
o 3.2. Public Participation Requirements Under
Environmental Legislation
o 3.3. Key Paragraphs from the Judgment
4. Just Energy Transition
o 4.1. Existential Threat Informing the Transition
o 4.2. Drivers, Impacts, and Indicators
5. Conclusion
6. References
March 2025 ;100 % TRUSTED workings, Expert
Solved, Explanations and Solutions.
MULTIPLE CHOICE ASSURED EXCELLENCE
Question 1 1. List and provide examples of environmental
sector-specific legislation that addresses (directly or indirectly)
climate change issues in South Africa. Question 2 2. In
Sustaining the Wild Coast NPC and Others v Minister of Mineral
Resources and Energy and Others (3491/2021) [2021] ZAECGHC
118; [20221 1 All SA 796 (ECG); 2022 (2) SA 585 (ECG) (28
December 2021), the litigants relied on, inter alia, their
Indigenous rights and knowledge to oppose Shell's employment
of a 3D seismic survey in the country's south- eastern coastal
waters. In this context, answer the following question. Did Shell
petroleum fulfil the requirements of the public
participation/consultation process? Motivate your answer in full
by referring to: Applicable environmental legislation generally
and within the ElA process, and Specific paragraphs in the
judgment. Question 3 3. The notion of a just energy transition
speaks to the need to gradually move away from fossil fuels
concerning energy production towards more sustainable
sources of energy — such as solar and wind energy. 3.1. What
existential threat informs the need for a just energy transition?
3.2. What has been identified as drivers for the said threat as
well as its impacts and indicators (list three indicators)?
, Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Environmental Sector-Specific Legislation in South Africa
o 2.1. National Environmental Management Act (NEMA)
o 2.2. National Environmental Management: Air Quality
Act (NEM:AQA)
o 2.3. National Environmental Management: Waste Act
(NEM:WA)
o 2.4. Carbon Tax Act
o 2.5. Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)
3. Public Participation in the Shell Seismic Survey Case
o 3.1. Overview of the Case
o 3.2. Public Participation Requirements Under
Environmental Legislation
o 3.3. Key Paragraphs from the Judgment
4. Just Energy Transition
o 4.1. Existential Threat Informing the Transition
o 4.2. Drivers, Impacts, and Indicators
5. Conclusion
6. References
