Sector Jobs Resilience Plans

The National Climate Change Response White Paper requires the development of Sector Jobs Resilience Plans (SJRPs). These plans aim to protect vulnerable groups that may lose their jobs or livelihoods as a result of climate change impacts, related either to physical effects or to the transition to alternatives.The proposals for the SJRPs, and the evidence supporting them, are presented as a suite of related documents. The initial research included a main report:  National Employment Vulnerability Assessment: Analysis of potential climate-change related impacts and vulnerable groups; the SJRP Toolbox: Summary for policy makers; and proposals for five value chains that seem particularly likely to be affected: coal, metals, petroleum-based transport, agriculture and tourism. This was followed by National Employment Assessment (NEVA) value chain reports on the same five sectors. The SJRP value chain reports 2026 update the same five sectors. The Sectoral Deep Dive reports provide in-depth research on sector-related challenges and opportunities, and follows on from the NEVA and SJRP reports.

Funding by the UK-PACT Programme.

Sector Jobs Resilience Plans: Projet Overview and Summary

Project Overview and Summary 2026

Sector Jobs Resilience Plans: Sectoral Deep Dive Reports 2026

Social and Labour Plans (SLPs) as a support mechanism for a Just Transition in South Africa’s coal and metals value chains

Identifying and evaluating measures for decarbonising the mining value chain 

Petroleum-based transport: Taxi industry transition study

Supporting automotive mechanics in South Africa’s low-carbon transition: Employment vulnerability and active labour market policy response

Farm labour and climate change in South Africa: Assessing the role of Active Labour Market Policies

Diffusion of climate change adaption and mitigation technology, innovation, and practices for small-scale farmers in South Africa

Weather and climate predictions effectiveness: Implications for resilience, information sharing, sectoral adaption and livelihoods in South Africa  

The climate vulnerability of South Africa’s ecotourism attractions 

Sector Jobs Resilience Plans 2026

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Coal value chain 2026

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Metals value chain 2026

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Petroleum-based transport value chain 2026

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Agriculture value chain 2026

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Tourism value chain 2026

National Employment Vulnerability Assessment 2025

National Employment Vulnerability Assessment: Analysis of potential climate-change related impacts and vulnerable groups 2020

National Employment Vulnerability Assessment: Coal value chain 2025

National Employment Vulnerability Assessment Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Metals value chain 2025

National Employment Vulnerability Assessment Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Petroleum-based transport value chain 2025

National Employment Vulnerability Assessment Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Agriculture value chain 2025

National Employment Vulnerability AssessmentSector Jobs Resilience Plan: Tourism value chain 2025

Sector Jobs Resilience Plans 2020

The SJRP Toolbox: Summary for policy makers 2020

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Coal value chain 2020

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Metals value chain

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Petroleum-based transport value chain 2020

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Agriculture value chain 2020

Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Tourism value chain 2020

The research for this project was conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) for the Departments of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries and Trade Industry, and funded by GIZ.

TIPS research team: Neva Makgetla, Nokwanda Maseko, Gaylor Montmasson-Clair and Muhammed Patel.