A Just Transition to a Low Carbon Future in South Africa / edited by Nqobile Xaba and Saliem Fakir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Xaba, Nqobile, editor.

Fakir, Saliem, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--South Africa.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg, South Africa : Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), [2022]

Summary:

Deliberations on the just transition in South Africa have intensified and will continue to do so for the next few years and decades. Climate change, widening socio-economic inequality, the precarious future of work and emergent approaches to financing arrangements have brought new urgency to the issues. It therefore remains critical to interrogate how South Africa can ensure a just transition to a low carbon economy. This book underlines the fact that the low carbon transition in South Africa has to grapple with complex historical, social, economic, cultural and political factors. The main message is that the transition to a low-carbon society is possible, but it can only succeed if it is just and handled collaboratively. In addition, the book aims to broaden the discourse on low carbon transition and explore the opportunities in and impediments to making the transition fair, affordable and socio-economically viable.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

PROJECT FUNDERS

MISTRA FUNDERS

Contributors

Acronyms and abbreviations

ONE - Introduction. A just transition pathway for South Africa

INTRODUCTION

THEMES, OVERVIEW OF BOOK CHAPTERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS

The landing of the just transition in South Africa

A shift in economic paradigm

Technology as enablers for the just transition

Social and political factors relevant to climate change and the low carbon transition

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

SECTION 1. The landing of the just transition in South Africa

TWO - From climate change to a just energy transition

CLIMATE CHANGE: CAUSE, IMPACT AND LAYERED VULNERABILITIES

SOUTH AFRICA'S DECARBONISATION JOURNEY

SOUTH AFRICA'S POLICY ENVIRONMENT

NEW AGREEMENT AND THE DOMESTICATION OF CLIMATE ACTIONS

PREMISE OF AN INCLUSIVE AND JUST TRANSITION

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND RE-EMERGENCE OF GREEN RECOVERIES

THREE - Applying a normative framework to assess the just transition to a net zero carbon society in South Africa

FRAMEWORK FOR A JUST TRANSITION

Procedural justice

Distributive justice

Restorative justice

APPLYING THE NORMATIVE JUST TRANSITION FRAMEWORK TO KEY POLICY PROCESSES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Case study on industrial policy

Case study on employment policy

Case study on climate policy

ADVANCING A COHERENT AND COORDINATED JUST TRANSITION POLICY FRAMEWORK

SECTION 2. Shift in economic paradigm

FOUR - Shaping a new economic growth model for South Africa. The role of a well-managed energy transition

OVERVIEW

A NEW GROWTH MODEL FOR SOUTH AFRICA

GLOBAL CONTEXT OF ENERGY TRANSITION

MAPPING SOUTH AFRICA'S ENERGY TRANSITION.

ALLOWING FOR LARGER EMBEDDED, OR DISTRIBUTED, POWER INVESTMENTS BY FIRMS

UPDATING THE INTEGRATED RESOURCES PLAN AND ACCELERATING INVESTMENT IN WIND AND SOLAR CAPACITY

REAFFIRMING CORRUPTION-FREE BIDDING PROCESSES RUN BY THE INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER OFFICE

COMMITTING TO AN ACCELERATED DECARBONISATION TARGET TO ASSIST IN ALLEVIATING ESKOM DEBT AND TO FUND A JUST TRANSITION

UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM LINKAGES FOR JOB CREATION

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTH AFRICA' S CARBON-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL BASE

FIVE - From MEC to net zero. The role of the energy sector in the just transition

THE HISTORY OF ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE MINERALS ENERGY COMPLEX

FRAGMENTATION AND FRACTURE: THE NASCENT DISINTEGRATION OF THE MEC

THE END OF NEW COAL-FIRED POWER

FROM STABILITY TO CRISIS: ESKOM COAL SUPPLY AND MINING

EMERGENCE OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS PROCUREMENT PROGRAMME

2030 CLIMATE TARGETS REDEFINE SOUTH AFRICA' S POLICY TRAJECTORY

UNRESOLVED DYNAMICS: THE RESURGENCE OF NUCLEAR?

UNRESOLVED DYNAMICS: THE DASH FOR GAS

SIX - Green industrial development under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Positioning South Africa's renewable energy manufacturing

RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY LANDSCAPE - A LACK OF POLITICAL WILL?

THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA: A PATHWAY TO GREEN INDUSTRIALISATION

Energy market integration

Rethinking industrial policy to accelerate an energy transition

SEVEN - South Africa's smoke signals for financing the just energy transition

NEXUS OF FINANCE WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

FINANCING JUST TRANSITIONS

COVID-19 AND CLIMATE FINANCE

SOUTH AFRICA'S ENCOUNTERS WITH CLIMATE FINANCE.

SIGNALLING FINANCE NEEDS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S JUST ENERGY TRANSITION

CLIMATE FINANCE AS A RAGING FIRE?

BEYOND SMOKE SIGNALS TO RAGING FIRE: ARTICULATING SOUTH AFRICA' S DEMANDS FOR FINANCE

SECTION 3. Technology pathways for a just transition

EIGHT - Steering the South African energy sector towards a low carbon economy. The role of a well-managed energy transition

HYDROGEN

Hydrogen properties

Hydrogen generation, storage and distribution

Hydrogen application: Fuel cells

Challenges and barriers for production and deployment of green hydrogen

POSITIONING SOUTH AFRICA IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL TRANSITION USING HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES

Advancement of green hydrogen and power fuels

Beneficiation of green hydrogen

THE STATE OF SA'S FUEL CELL AND HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES

The HySA Programme

South African industry transitions towards a hydrogen economy

Mining sector contribution to hydrogen and fuel cells technology development and deployment

Cities adopting the hydrogen economy

SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY

Systems required for a sustainable transition to a hydrogen economy

Investment and creation of markets

NINE - Shaping the low carbon energy transformation for just urban transitions in South Africa

INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT

CONCEPTUALISING JUST URBAN TRANSITIONS FOR SOUTH AFRICA

TRANSFORMING SOUTH AFRICA'S URBAN ENERGY SYSTEMS BETWEEN 1994 AND 2021

DECENTRALISATION AND JUST TRANSITION

SECTION 4. Social factors of climate change and the just transition

TEN - Assessing options of an energy transition and alternative agriculture in Mpumalanga

SECTION ONE. ENERGY TRANSITIONS: OPTIONS FOR REPURPOSING COAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

COAL INFRASTRUCTURE REPURPOSING OPTIONS

THE JUST ENERGY TRANSITION APPROACH

CONCLUDING REMARKS

SECTION 2. REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE: AN ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY

REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Employment in regenerative agriculture

LAND REHABILITATION THROUGH REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Policy requirements for regenerative agriculture to support a just transition

CHAPTER OVERVIEW

ELEVEN - Democratising a just transition in South Africa

INTERNATIONAL ORIGINS

CONSTRAINTS ON ACHIEVING A JUST TRANSITION

A QUESTION OF POWER

INSIGHTS FROM LABOUR ON A JUST TRANSITION

THE COSATU CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY FRAMEWORK

INSIGHTS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY ON A JUST TRANSITION

AREAS OF CONSENSUS AND CONVERGENCE

GLOBAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT AND THE JUST TRANSITION

CONCLUSION: THE BASIS FOR THE MASS COALITION MOVEMENT ON THE JUST TRANSITION

TWELVE - Climate liberalism, the green deal and strategic competition. The geopolitics of decarbonisation

THE ASIA PIVOT: CHINA'S INCREASING THREAT TO WESTERN SUPREMACY

CHINA'S POSITIONING IN GREEN TECHNOLOGIES AND GREEN MINERALS: A GROWING THREAT TO WESTERN SUPREMACY

AS NEW BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN, HOW ARE OTHER GLOBAL PLAYERS RESPONDING?

THE ROAD AHEAD FOR AFRICA: LEVERAGING THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL BATTLE LINES

SOUTH AFRICA'S ROLE IN SECURING AFRICA' S FUTURE POSITIONING IN THE DECARBONISATION AGENDA

THIRTEEN - Reimagining skills planning for a low carbon and sustainable future. Conceptualising skills ecosystems

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

Green skills: A meander through the literature

Framework for looking at skills for a green and just transition.

UNPACKING CASE STUDY EXAMPLES TO DEPICT THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONS OF TWO SKILLS ECOSYSTEMS

CASE 1 - Skills ecosystem - The wood pellet value chain in the Expanded Public Works Programme

CASE 2 - Towards a resilient food ecosystem: Addressing food waste

Facilitating verticalities within the skills ecosystem that emerged from this case

Horizontalities (collaboration) that emerged

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL IN THE SKILLS ECOSYSTEMS

LESSONS ON SKILLS AND SKILLS ECOSYSTEMS

FOURTEEN - Conclusion. Insights and recommendations for building a just low carbon future in South Africa

SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND COHESION FOR A JUST TRANSITION

A 'JUST' INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ENERGY

CAPACITY BUILDING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR A CAPABLE WORKFORCE

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-920690-35-2

OCLC:

1346591627