Powerful forces are driving a green economic revolution worldwide, providing in the process a strong lever for broad-based economic development in many parts of the globe, and often re-orienting development trajectories. South Africa, having one of the most carbon-intensive economies in the world, is no exception. Its national government is strongly...
Over the next twenty years, South Africa will need to develop an additional approximately 52GW of new energy generation capacity to 2030. South Africa has world-class wind and solar resources by any measure that can contribute a significant element of this capacity. In so doing, it can simultaneously enable the...
The Green Economy Inventory for South Africa (GEISA) was commissioned by the South African government to assist with tracking, monitoring and evaluating existing green economy initiatives and programmes in order to foster sector-wide coordination and coherence, and to help identify gaps and areas requiring further support. The GEISA is a...
The term “Bio-economy” encompasses biotechnological activities and processes that translate into economic outputs, particularly those with industrial application. Within the South African context, these may include but are not limited to, technological and non-technological exploitation of natural resources such as animals, plant biodiversity, micro-organisms, and minerals to improve human health, address food security and subsequently contribute...