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The energy transition itself carries human rights risks. If clean energy is built on compromised rights, it will not be sustainable in the long term. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images
ADAPTATION

Infrastructure and development plans must align

Infrastructure is responsible for 79% greenhouse gas emissions and plays an important role in supporting national development priorities and achieving the targets of the 2015…

  • Marcia Zali
4 min read
Eskom said all protocol was observed when the unit was shut down. (David Harrison/M&G)
ELECTRICITY

US firm Jacobs clinches portion of R20bn contract for Koeberg modifications

The project will extend operating life of South Africa’s only nuclear power plant by another 20 years

  • Sheree Bega
2 min read
An employee walks past stockpiled of coal for shipping at the Richard’s Bay coal terminal, in Richard’s Bay. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE

Coal on a drive to delay its demise

The just transition that is currently being executed is a balance between energy security and climate change, according to one analyst

  • Tunicia Phillips
8 min read