Alex Lenferna

May 24, 2024 | allafrica.com | Alex Lenferna

Some parties' manifestos fall shorter than others. Some fall so far short they would arguably take us backwards. When voters in South Africa go to the polls for national elections on 29 May, two major interconnected issues that will be on their minds are energy and climate change. For over a decade, the country has been suffering from rolling power cuts.

May 23, 2024 | globaldiasporanews.com | Alex Lenferna

South Africa 2024: What are parties promising on energy and climate? | African Arguments By continuing to browse this site, you agree to our use of cookies. Source of original article: African Arguments (africanarguments.org). The content of this article does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com).

May 23, 2024 | africanarguments.org | Alex Lenferna

When voters in South Africa go to the polls for national elections on 29 May, two major interconnected issues that will be on their minds are energy and climate change. For over a decade, the country has been suffering from rolling power cuts. South Africans have long endured an energy crisis driven by failures of policy and the poorly managed national power utility, Eskom, which has been crippled by corruption, maladministration, and underinvestment.

Dec 8, 2023 | mg.co.za | Alex Lenferna

The United Nations’ major annual climate summit, the Conference of the Parties (COP), is supposed to be the place where world leaders come together to tackle our planetary ecological crisis. This year at COP28, however, it seems we have put the fox in charge of the henhouse. Not only is the summit hosted by the United Arab Emirates, a major petrostate, the UAE also put Sultan Al Jaber in charge, who is the head of their state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc).

Dec 7, 2023 | timeslive.co.za | Alex Lenferna

South Africa’s experiencein pilotinga new type of climate finance vehicle can inform debates about how to fund a just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Two years ago at COP26, South Africa piloted the first Just Energy Transition Partnership, where rich countries help developing countries move faster towards renewable energy. A year later, the South African government unveiledits Just Energy Transition Investment Plan.