On 17 November 2020 at 09:00 (CET), Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) is hosting a webinar on ' Unravelling South Africa’s just transition: Unpacking the energy-level impacts'.
South Africa, a carbon-intensive economy, has initiated a transition to a more sustainable development pathway. While this is an economy-wide transformation, the transformation of the electricity supply industry (ESI) is at the centre of this shift. In a highly unequal society like South Africa, the need for a just transition, which would empower vulnerable stakeholders, has emerged as an imperative. This has implications for the workers, businesses and communities relying, for their livelihood, on the existing and/or transformed ESI. It also has critical implications in terms of access to energy from households and other customers.
This dialogue aims to inform this just transition process. It explores the energy-level impacts associated with a just transition away from coal. It builds on three previous dialogues hosted on 7 July, 29 September and 3 November. Recordings are available on the TIPS website.
Speakers:
- Mandy Rambharos (Eskom)
- Richard Halsey (Project90by2030)
- Nthabiseng Mohlakoana (Centre for Complex Systems in Transition (CST) at the University of Stellenbosch)
- Dominic Brown (Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC))