Just Transitions: Local Lessons and Global Insights from South Africa

Just transitions have featured regularly in national-level conversations in South Africa around its energy transition plans and climate change policies and commitments. In this episode, hosted by Neha Sharma of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), we explore the opportunities and challenges that South Africa faces in moving its just transition forward, and lessons which countries and leaders can learn from the case of South Africa. Neha is joined by two experts from South Africa: Brenda Martin (University of Cape Town) and Mike Ward (Rhodes University and Creating Sustainable Value) to dive into the multiple dimensions necessary to crafting a just transition.    This week’s episode is part of the Just Transition Initiative (link below), a partnership of the CSIS Energy Program and the Climate Investment Funds. Resources: https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/news/supporting-just-transitions-south-africa?cid=cif_tt_cif_en_ext https://www.csis.org/programs/energy-security-and-climate-change-program/projects/just-transition-initiative https://www.csis.org/analysis/who-needs-just-transition https://www.csis.org/podcasts/energy-360%C2%B0/just-transitions-introduction https://www.csis.org/podcasts/energy-360%C2%B0/just-transitions-assessing-gender-dimensions