Nature Positive Cities Efforts to Advance the Transition Durban 2024

Summary of enabling environment Durban has gathered extensive data and has strong analytical programmes and capabilities to support decision-making processes for the nature-positive transition. The governance, policy-regulatory and financing environments pose barriers to third parties that could inhibit them from financing projects or operating in the region. Key challenges include: –Lack of standardized processes, units and systems within government for managing nature, biodiversity and climate –Limited collaboration across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors and with regional coalitions to finance nature-positive action –Multiple competing priorities for the municipal challenging the nature agendaKey initiatives –D’MOSS – Durban Metropolitan Open Space System. This system provides an overlay to the city’s zoning maps to show where development is subject to environmental authorization. –TRMP – Transformative Riverine Management Programme. The programme protects the complex and valuable riverine ecosystems by clearing up waste and plastic to maintain access to clean, usable water. –Giba Gorge special rating area. Establishing the Gorge as a special rating area (SRA) has allowed it to be managed as a conservation site, despite its fragmented private ownership. Select the tabs to discover moreGovernance Policy and regulations Financing Data and analyticsStakeholder engagementCapabilities FIGURE 1 Snapshot of Durban’s enabling environment for a nature-positive transition Source: World Economic Forum. Nature Positive: Cities’ Efforts to Advance the Transition 7