SAGERS South African Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting System.

Updates on SAGERS


Please take note that SAGERs has been upgraded to integrate the submissions and annual reporting of pollution prevention plans (mitigation plans) and carbon budgets. At this stage it is not mandatory to use the SAGERs to submit or report on pollution prevention plans and carbon budgets as the User training is yet to be provided to the Data Providers by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment between December 2021 and January 2022. Should you require clarity or further information on the upgrades please send an email to CarbonBudget@environment.gov.za or GHGPPP@environment.gov.za. All other GHG Reporting requirements continue as normal.


About the SAGERS


Welcome to the SAGERS Portal


Introduction

The South African Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting System (SAGERS) is a Greenhouse Gas Reporting Module of the National Emissions Inventory System (NAEIS).

This portal is a web based platform for the registration and submission of GHG emissions data by category A data providers in terms of GHG Reporting Regulations 3 April 2017 as amended and promulgated under the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act No.39 of 2004.

The National Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations, 2017 (NPPP Regulations) were published, under sections 53(a), (o) and (p) read with section 29(3) of the NEM:AQA for implementation which prescribe the requirements for submission, approval and reporting of pollution prevention plans from a person conducting a production process set out in Annexure A to the Notice which involves emission of greenhouse gases in excess of 0.1 Megatonnes (Mt) annually, reported as carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2-eq).

The South African National Climate Change Response Policy (NCCRP) was published in 2011. Section 6 of the NCCRP lists the key elements in the overall approach to mitigation. These include the allocation of company carbon budgets that was initiated in 2016.

Objectives

  • Providing a user-tailored platform the category A data providers to register and report their annual GHG emissions data and the associated activity data
  • Providing methodological guidance on the quantification of GHG emissions and the embedded parameters for assessing the annual GHG emissions
  • Facilitating easy access to the parameters and GHG emission factors database embedded into the system
  • Serving as an information hub for data providers for accessing information relevant to the registration and reporting under the GHG Reporting Regulations
  • The portal provides relevant guidance, templates, guidelines, and information relating to compliance under the GHG Reporting Regulations 2017 published under Government Notice 275 in Government Gazette 40762 of 03 April 2017 promulgated under the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act No.39 of 2004
  • The SAGERS system allows the companies submission and annual reporting of company pollution prevention plans (referred as mitigation plans)
  • The SAGERs system allows for the companies submission and reporting of carbon budgets
  • The Minister published a General Notice No. 43827 on 22 October 2020 on the proposed subsequent process to manage the pollution prevention plans and carbon budgets. The regulated pollution prevention plans have been approved and voluntary carbon budgets have been allocated for the period 2016-2020 and those cease to exist by 31 December 2020. The Department is proposing that once the National Climate Change Act is promulgated, the new carbon budgets Regulations will be linked with the mitigation plans (currently known as pollution prevention plans). The Department would therefore like to encourage companies to optionally use the extended voluntary pilot period 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2022 as a pilot to linking of the carbon budgets and subsequent mitigation plans with the view that by the time the carbon budgets become mandatory on 01 January 2023, the companies would have been using the new system already.
  • The SAGERs system upgrades therefore allows for the submission and reporting of carbon budgets and pollution prevention plans as combined or separate submissions.

SAGERS Public Portal (Production)

For SAGERS Public Users (Production)

  • Submit and Manage Registration Information
  • Submit and manage GHG emission inventory reports online
  • Track the status of an emission report
  • Track historical emission inventory reports
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SAGERS Administration Portal (production)

For SAGERS Administration Users (production)

  • Manage online reporting of emission inventories as mandated under the GHG Reporting Regulations 2016 as amended and promulgated under the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act No.39 of 2004
  • Track the status of an emission report
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SAGERS Public Portal (Training)

For SAGERS Public Users (Training)

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SAGERS Administration Portal (Training)

SAGERS Administration Users (Training)

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Contacts

DEFF Address & Telephone details:

    DEFF Address & Telephone details:
    Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF)
    Environment House
    473 Steve Biko Road
    Pretoria 0001
    Email: GHGReporting@environment.gov.za

    Tel:+27 12 399 9048/9195/9162/8780/8650/8939/8566/9642
    Call Centre Tel: 086 111 2468