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President Cyril Ramaphosa has been praised by global leaders for South Africa’s efforts to prevent and avert the worst effects of human-induced climate change as part of its Just Energy Transition Investment Plan.
Most money earmarked to aid the switch to renewables is unspent
South Africa has vowed to negotiate for the balancing of funding for adaptation and mitigation and push for developed countries to honor the climate change financing pledge at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP 27, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Head of the Presidential Climate Finance Task Team, Daniel Mminele, says the accurate, final financial package will be shared with the public in the near future.
South Africa recently finalised a ‘Just Transition’ framework, for how we respond to climate change and become a low-carbon economy while managing the social and economic consequences. It addresses agriculture as one of four major focus areas. But it does not address the broader spectrum of...