Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, recently briefed South Africa on the progress of the Energy Action Plan and the challenges associated with its implementation. Minister Ramokgopa further remarked on the...
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Balancing Africa’s energy security needs amid the climate crisis
African energy leaders and global investors attended African Energy Week in Cape Town last week to find ways of “making energy poverty history by 2030 and reshaping the continent’s energy development”. Although these...
READ NOW: Africa in Fact – Issue 66
Welcome to the latest edition of Africa in Fact. This issue looks at "Africa’s energy deficit" and how best to resolve Africa’s persistent energy poverty, asking what exactly a "just transition" looks like. What are...
Global North’s hand in climate change not recognised at COP27
Good Governance Africa: Statement on COP27 21 November 2022 COP27, the 27th iteration of the UN climate change conference, has just concluded in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. It was a tense and sometimes deeply emotional...
COP27: Why it is in Africa’s best long-run interests to abandon fossil fuels
News of severe flooding in Australia is just one more reminder of the ravages of climate change. The affliction and what to do about it, given that the world is not mitigating or adapting fast enough, will be the...
Is betting on oil and gas the right choice for Africa?
Late last year, a coalition of environmental and human rights organisations filed an urgent interim interdict in the Makhanda High Court to prevent Shell from conducting seismic surveys to explore for oil and gas off...
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