President Ramaphosa to open National Treasury Climate Resilience Symposium 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Monday, 15 July 2024, deliver the keynote address at the opening session of the National Treasury Climate Resilience Symposium 2024 at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) International Convention Centre Auditorium in Pretoria, Gauteng Province.

The symposium will be held under the theme “Moving the needle on climate change and just transition: the role of the National Treasury.”

The objectives of the symposium are to integrate climate goals into macro-fiscal and finance policy; improve government coordination by mainstreaming climate change considerations into the intergovernmental fiscal  system.

The three-day symposium gathering will bring together Ministers, Deputy Ministers, senior government officials, academia, the private sector, and climate experts.

Members of the media are invited as follows for the Open Session:

Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
Time: 07h30 registration (NB - Members of the media to take leave after the Open Session)
Venue: CSIR ICC, Pretoria

Media RSVP: Members of the media wishing to cover the event are requested to RSVP on Media@treasury.gov.za. The programme will be shared with media that have RSVP’d.

Media enquiries: Vincent Magwenya, Spokesperson to the President, on media@enquiries.gov.za

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria