 My name is Chris 14. I am currently the municipal manager of the Namaqua District Municipality. The Namaqua District Municipality is the biggest district in the country, but we are also known for our severe climatic conditions, known for droughts as a semi desert area, as well as extreme temperatures. Deeling with the changing circumstances we have embarked on a partnership with Conservation South Africa and as a result of that we have developed an implementation plan to deal with the climatic conditions. Part of our adaptation strategies we have already started to remove alien vegetation as well as adapt or revisit our disaster management plans to deal with storms as well as other types of natural disasters that may come our way.