All stakeholders will have to get around the table to figure out what a just energy transition for SA might look like and how it can be achieved
All stakeholders will have to get around the table to figure out what a just energy transition might look like and how it can be achievedWhile there are exceptions, such as the president of the US, that the migration from fossil fuels to greener power in order to limit climate change is inevitable and necessary is beyond debate.
While there is no clear agreed definition, the consensus view is that a move to a zero-carbon economy should not leave current levels of poverty and inequality intact. SA being unprepared to take hold of opportunities presented by the green power revolution does not stop the waves of change which are sweeping across the country and the world.
That is in spite of SA’s green power programme, which is often lauded a success and has, at last count, introduced some 3,776MW of renewable energy to the national power grid. There are several models we could look to for inspiration. Notably, in many nations municipalities are seen as well-placed to play a leading role in the renewable power revolution. This is so in SA too, but their business models must change if they are to become champions of green power rather than casualties of it.
In the industrialised nation the potential for job losses is not as great as in SA, at 20,000 versus 90,000. But Germany has, with this in mind, moved slowly on the phasing out of coal. It sees the process as a long and difficult one, which must seek out solutions that are acceptable to everyone.
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