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A Just Transition to a Low Carbon Future in South Africa .

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Xaba, Nqobile (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA), 2022
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 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
  • REFERENCES
  • THREE
  • Applying a normative framework to assess the just transition to a net zero carbon society in South Africa
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 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
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • 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
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • FIVE
  • From MEC to net zero. The role of the energy sector in the just transition
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 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?