Just Transition
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UN climate chief calls for faster action as Bonn climate talks begin
Opening the UN’s mid-year climate talks in Bonn, Simon Stiell urged governments to focus on implementing climate commitments, warning that fossil fuel dependence was driving…
Climate change an existential threat, Ramaphosa says
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…
UPDATED: Komati illustrates the human cost of South Africa’s energy transition
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
South African climate activist makes a desperate plea for urgent action, kneeling in a protest
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…
Africa’s COP30 priorities: Finance, adaptation, technology and fair trade
Power Shift Africa is urging the summit to move from promises to delivery, highlighting Africa’s vulnerabilities and climate finance needs
Energy transition must be just, says Standard Bank CEO
Speaking at the Standard Bank Climate Summit, Sim Tshabalala warned that exclusion and inequality threaten the global energy transition
AI must serve labour, not subjugate it, G20 labour group says
Labour federations said the digital economy could lead to further marginalisation of workers and called for platform accountability and job protection
Energy apartheid: Mining companies transition without justice
Anglo Platinum has invested in renewable energy but ignored the local community’s proposals for socially-owned clean energy
G20 youth confront challenges of multilateral cooperation, national sovereignty
The Y20 summit revealed disparities in youth-driven calls for climate justice, inclusive growth and sovereignty between the Global South and North
Battle for energy justice: Why we must win social ownership
Electricity must be treated as a public good and a fundamental human right
South Africa’s G20 presidency must rewire the global race for critical minerals
It must champion a new global compact on critical minerals, one that prioritizes beneficiation, environmental protection, fair labour and development justice.
Unified African voice needed at COP29
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
Renewable energy sector doesn’t provide long-term job security
Most jobs are for the installation period only, and are therefore temporary
Copper driving mergers and acquisitions in SA mining sector, report finds
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
New report breaks down perceptions about climate change and the just energy transition
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