Many of the national government departments are included in discussions on climate change, its impacts and on the development of required national policies etc. – via their participation in the Government Committee on Climate Change (GCCC). The primary responsibility for development of policy on climate change lies with DEAT. However, other government departments are currently involved in activities related to climate change, its mitigation, adaptation and so on:

SA National Disaster Management Centre The SANDMC is part of the Department of Provincial and Local Government. This centre is a coordinating body whose role is to establish and implement the national disaster management strategy.

Department of Minerals and Energy: DME hosts the Designated National Authority for the Clean Development Mechanism and responsible for developing policy on sustainable/renewable energy issues.

National Department of Agriculture: The Agriculture Risk Management unit of the NDA develops policy and action in response to climatic events influencing national agricultural production (droughts, floods etc).

Department of Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs :represents South Africa at international climate change negotiations (along with senior representatives from DEAT)

Department of Water Affairs and Forestry: Develops and implements a national water resources strategy containing strategies to deal with the impacts of climatic variations in precipitation (such as droughts and floods) on the national water resource.

Department of Health Develops policy and actions on vector-Bourne diseases (such as Malaria) which can be affected by climate change.