President calls for urgent action to move South Africa’s just energy transition from commitment to delivery at the inaugural meeting of the reconstituted Presidential Climate Commission
What should have been a model for climate action has become a cautionary tale of what happens when communities are excluded from decisions that reshape their lives
Kumi Naidoo, a leading voice for climate justice advocating for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and fair finance, has been calling for governments to act on the ‘moral failure’ of continued fossil fuel expansion
Power Shift Africa is urging the summit to move from promises to delivery, highlighting Africa’s vulnerabilities and climate finance needs
Speaking at the Standard Bank Climate Summit, Sim Tshabalala warned that exclusion and inequality threaten the global energy transition
Labour federations said the digital economy could lead to further marginalisation of workers and called for platform accountability and job protection
Anglo Platinum has invested in renewable energy but ignored the local community’s proposals for socially-owned clean energy
The Y20 summit revealed disparities in youth-driven calls for climate justice, inclusive growth and sovereignty between the Global South and North
Electricity must be treated as a public good and a fundamental human right
It must champion a new global compact on critical minerals, one that prioritizes beneficiation, environmental protection, fair labour and development justice.
The continent must also ignore the dangled carrot of small bits of money for carbon forests or just transitions, said Fadhel Kaboub, a senior adviser at Power Shift Africa
Most jobs are for the installation period only, and are therefore temporary
The PwC report said the global pursuit of a just energy transition and the need for consolidation were reshaping the landscape of the local industry
The study found that climate change does not rank high on the list of priorities for South Africans and, generally, people don’t know what the just energy transition is
The fight for climate justice must include the people who are most affected, including those in the Arab region
South Africa has received pledges of about $11.6 billion for its just energy transition. Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism asked the treasury how much will be given to Mpumalanga and what is being done about indebted municipalities to ensure they get the funds for the transition
Marcos Orellana noted the poor disposal of waste and hazardous substances, the wide use of pesticides and weak enforcement of regulations
The chief executive was hopeful that by year end, the utility would get an additional 2 500 megawatts from several power stations.
Companies mining commodities needed for the global energy transition are accused of keeping affected communities in Madagascar in the dark about their plans
There is an opportunity to reduce gender inequalities in mining affected communities if women have a voice
