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Ramaphosa’s panel calls for end to coal, but who’ll fund it?

Like unfinished flyovers in Cape Town, global climate finance and domestic demand often don’t meet up

Coalface: Countries around the world are finding ways to assist coal workers transition into other jobs. (Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Climate envoys visit South Africa to plan for the end of coal ahead of COP26

Climate envoys from the UK, US, and the EU are in South Africa to discuss a possible coal retirement plan

Alternatives: A hill of coal looms over Masakhane in eMalahleni. Eskom agrees that the transition from coal is already underway and that it needs to be efficient, sustainable and equitable. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP

‘No choice but to ditch coal’

The shift away from the fossil fuel will take time but analysts say it is imperative that South Africa accelerates the process

Infighting: Oil producer Saudi Arabia (oilfield pictured above) is opposing the United Arab Emirates’ wish to increase production far beyond agreed limits, fearing toppling prices. Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Critical climate plans hang on future international finance

Failing to invest in a greener economy could cost South Africa trillions, but calls to mobilise capital come amid fiscal strain

El Niño is expected to cause a loss of rainfall

South Africa’s nationally determined contribution plan for climate change must be more ambitious, say nation’s youth

The pandemic has demonstrated that, when it’s a matter of life and death, we can manage dramatic U-turns in public policy. We must take similarly decisive action now on climate…

Climate commission maps South Africa’s road to zero emissions

The commission has been meeting with interest groups to finalise the country’s climate change mitigation commitments, while adopting and developing models towards a zero carbon…

New climate commission offers hope

The Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission is tasked with shifting the economy to a ‘low-carbon, climate resilient economy and society’

Act against Covid and climate crises

The government would do well to realise that these two disasters can’t be tackled separately