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Australia and South Africa welcome the signing on 5 February 2010 of a
letter of intent by the Australian Minister for Trade, the Hon Simon
Crean MP, and the South African Minister for Water and Environmental
Affairs, the Hon Buyelwa Sonjica, that will frame future bilateral
cooperation on climate change matters.

Australia and South Africa have been cooperating on climate change
matters under a Climate Change Partnership since 2006. The 5 February
signing of the letter of intent formalises continued cooperation under
this Partnership, which has helped build a constructive relationship
through the implementation of practical and co-beneficial projects.

In responding to the challenges of climate change faced by both
countries, Australia and South Africa have agreed to identify, develop
and implement a further program of joint activities that will focus on
the priority areas of:

* economic instruments to address climate change;
* climate change impacts and adaptation in the agriculture
sector;
* climate change and biodiversity; and
* greenhouse gas emissions reporting and monitoring at national
and entity levels.

It was also agreed that Australia and South Africa would exchange
experiences and lessons learned on climate change policies and measures
* with a particular focus on clean coal technologies and regulatory
and institutional frameworks.