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The wealthy should not be allowed to opt out from their share of the costs of electricity production and Eskom’s debt.
While a US transition to renewable energy by 2030 is possible, streamlined policies with clear goals and incentives are necessary to get there, says an industrial engineering professor.
Five essential reads on why South Africa is failing to keep the lights on.
Grattan Institute projections suggest that by 2060 a mere 600 people will remain employed in major Australian coal mines, down from 40,000 today.
A just transition for coal mining communities has been talked about for decades. BHP’s decision this week shows it’s time to get serious.
Researchers found barriers to a productive conversation in Australia about the just transition – not least, an almost complete absence of the federal government in talking about or planning for it.
The recently released Emissions Reductions Plan aims to put Canada on track to reduce emissions by up to 45 per cent from 2005 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050. It will do neither.
The court ruling that it’s a constitutional right to have clean air highlights the fact that South Africa needs to improve air quality urgently.
The urgency of the climate crisis was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic for a while, but the South African government displayed a renewed climate focus over the past year.
South Africa’s biggest successes in the last year in relation to energy have been in regulatory matters.
Regulators, banks and policy-makers use stress tests to uncover weak points in how financial institutions operate and identify changes that will help buffer them from harm.
Plan to cut emissions quickly, use offsets sparingly and set broader goals for improving society.
Technological changes on the horizon will likely disrupt the dairy industry as we know it — plans to mitigate the risks this transition poses to farmer livelihoods and animal welfare should start now.
Workers, not objects, make up most of the capital at risk from climate change.
Watch a panel discussion on Thursday 18 November as climate change experts react to COP26.
Pitched at an initial US$8.5 billion, the partnership has the potential to be one of the largest individual climate finance transactions to date. But can a just transition be achieved?
South Africa’s renewable energy procurement programme has the potential to restore energy security and eventually reduce power prices.
If we fail to balance the social impacts of climate change with responsible climate action, we risk substituting one kind of harm for another – and this would be a disaster of another kind.
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison returns from the Glasgow climate summit, he must start a proper national conversation on net-zero.
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Justice, University of Bristol
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PhD Candidate in Bioeconomy, University College Dublin
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Doctoral Student in Sustainable Transitions, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL
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Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Regina
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation
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Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Researcher in Renewable Energy, University of Cape Town
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Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Strathclyde
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
