Just Energy Transition (JET) Roundtable Report
The February 2023 Investing in African Mining Indaba marked the start of a series of quarterly roundtable discussions between the mining sector and social partners, on the topic of the Just Energy Transition (JET). While the series was initially spearheaded by Anglo American, the African Climate Foundation (ACF) and the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC), core […]
Climate Change: What the Latest IPCC Report Means for Africa
The scientific body which advises the UN on climate change – the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – has released the final chapter of its most comprehensive review of the climate crisis. We explore what it means for Africa. The report is a summary of six IPCC reports published over the past five years. […]
Funding Social Justice in South Africa’s Energy Transition
South Africa’s energy transition involves the decommissioning of its highly polluting, centralised energy system (what we are transitioning out of), and the creation of a new green economy powered by renewable energy (what we are transitioning into). This transition has implications for patterns of ownership and employment. Who gains, and who loses, is a social […]
New Thinking Around Scaling JET Financing
South Africa’s energy transition involves the decommissioning of its highly polluting, centralised energy system (what we are transitioning out of) and the creation of a new green economy powered by renewable energy (what we are transitioning into). This transition has implications for patterns of ownership and employment. Who gains, and who loses, is a social […]
Evolution of South Africa’s JETP – What the Country Needs to Deliver its Vision
Saliem Fakir, Executive Director at the African Climate Foundation, reflects on the evolution of the Just Energy Transition Partnership in South Africa and what the country needs to deliver its vision. South Africa is one of the world’s most coal dependent countries. Beyond the climate imperative, what makes the transition to cleaner energy sources so […]
