The war in Iran is causing suffering worldwide, especially in the most vulnerable regions.
A crisis everywhere, shared unequally: the war on Iran and the world’s oil shock
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Renewable Energy
COP 30: entrenching the crisis of climate politics
COP30 summit in Belém was a failure that highlighted the growing chasm between international climate policy and the reality of a warming world.
Can tariffs help rebuild our economy?
The neoliberal project has sought to delegitimise tariffs, portraying them as outdated and inefficient.
Today’s hidden costs of critical minerals mining in DRC recalls Dag Hammarskjöld’s death in 1961
Dag Hammarskjöld’s fatal dedication to supporting Congolese sovereignty in the face of resistance from those threatened by the loss of control over the region’s resources finds a troubling parallel in the present-day conflicts in the eastern DRC.
The fundamental flaws of the new Integrated Resource Plan
How will South Africa overcome load-shedding and achieve a just transition to a low-carbon economy? The Integrated Resource Plan, produced by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, is a blueprint which outlines the South African government’s plans for the...
BUSTING THE MYTHS OF SOUTH AFRICA’S ENERGY CRISIS
SOUTH AFRICA’S ENERGY CRISIS IS set to proceed as usual, with Eskom’s recent announcement of another round of high-intensity stage four load shedding due to the exhaustion of its diesel budget. At the same time, the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference...
KOMATI DECOMMISSIONING: A SPECTRE DUE TO HAUNT THE JUST TRANSITION
ON 31ST OCTOBER 2021, A WEEK before COP27 in Egypt, South Africa’s oldest standing coalf ired power station, Komati, was closed. Commissioned in the early 1960s, Komati, rated at 1GW, formed part of the extensive network of coal-fired power stations which account for...
Privatisation of distribution
AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE privatisation of electricity sales in South Africa is about to be taken. The process the government has embarked on is in effect a privatisation of sales, as in any privatisation of public property. Private investments have to produce a steady...
AIDC Training Courses 2016
AIDC training courses 2016 In 2016 the AIDC will be offering several exciting courses on a range of critical issues. These include the political economy of the climate crisis, the South African economy, feminism, illicit capital flight and transfer pricing. This...