The Komati repowering and repurposing project can be considered a failure—but it didn’t have to be.
What happened at Komati power station? Lessons for a public pathway to a just energy transition
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Public Pathway
Life without wages: the scale, the reasons and the alternatives
The post-apartheid mass unemployment crisis is rooted in the structure of the South African economy.
FINANCING PUBLIC ENERGY PATHWAYS FOR ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE PROTECTION
WE NEED TO DEVELOP a perspective and strategy for financing a public pathway to an energy transition; it must be capable of addressing energy poverty and climate protection. The current neoliberal approach to climate finance is based on loans, whether at...
THE PUBLIC PATHWAY TO A JUST TRANSITION
TEN YEARS AGO, IN JUNE 2012, AT the Rio+20 global climate talks in Rio de Janeiro, trade unions attending the meeting raised the critical need for an alternative narrative to the “green growth” model of addressing climate change. Those discussions were the beginning...
TAKING BACK THE JUST TRANSITION
The latest edition of Amandla is out! Issue 85/86 of Amandla magazine has a special feature on the Just Transition. Highlights of some of the articles: According to Andile Zulu, AIDC Energy Democracy Officer, South Africa’s climate finance deals, and its current...