South Africa: Joint implementation strategy for the control of exhaust emissions from road-going vehicles.

South Africa: Taxi Recapitalisation Programme

The government is offering to pay taxi drivers to scrap their old, unsafe, polluting vehicles in an attempt to clean up and regulate the taxi fleet.  If drivers fail to turn in their vehicles during the window of opportunity, within which they would receive a scrapping allowance of R50 000,00, their vehicles will be impounded.  The renewal of the taxi system and its management will then be taken over by the municipalities.  The plan for this process is being finalized.

South Africa: Air quality act (No 39 of 2004)

This Act mandates that norms, standards, mechanisms, systems and procedures be issued to improve air quality. It establishes the national framework within which these standards will be created, giving the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism or the members of the Executive Council of a privince (MEC) the authority to issue standards, enforce regulations and other measures and implement penalties for noncompliance and establish “funding arrangements.”

South Africa: Rural Transport Strategy

This policy aims to improve public transport services in rural areas and to provide rural populations with roads and access lanes to facilitate inter-village/farm transport options.

Date Implemented: 2003

Status: In Force; Government Initiative

Funding Information:

Milestones:

South Africa: The White Paper on National Transport Policy

South Africa: White Paper on Renewable Energy

South Africa: Clean Commute project

The project promotes energy conservation options such as pooling schemes for cars and vans, flexible work hours and telecommuting to reduce the numbers of single occupancy vehicles on the roads. A business plan is also being developed for the establishment of a Commuter Information Centre.

Status: Voluntary

South Africa: Moving South Africa Project/The Moving South Africa Action Agenda

South Africa: National Land Transport Transition Act

This Act describes the measures required to transform and restructure the land transport system. Priority to public transport services over private by ensuring adequate public transport services and applying demand-management strategies to discourage private transport.  It also advocates conducting public awareness programs to foster energy awareness in the users of land transport systems.

Date Implemented: 2000

Indonesia: The National Energy Policy

In its national energy policy for the years 2005-2020, the Indonesian government aims to increase energy efficienct, promote renewables, implement Demand Side Management and use cleaner fuels.

Date Implemented: 2005-2020

Status: In Force; Framework Policy

Targets: to have at least 5% share of renewable energy in the national energy mixby 2020