South Africa will miss its binding 2030 carbon emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement.
miss its binding 2030 carbon emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement, three senior government officials confirmed, as the country plans to run eight coal-fired power plants for longer than planned.
South Africa’s decision comes as several rich countries and companies are backtracking on climate pledges Global oil and gas behemoths BP, Shell and Exxon Mobil have meanwhile either delayed or abandoned shifting to renewables. Several European countries reopened mothballed coal-fired power plants last year.“It is very hard in the middle of a power crisis to be taking working coal-fired plants off the grid,” Crispian Olver, executive director of the Presidential Climate Commission , said in an interview, urging South Africa to shelve the idea until the crisis is solved.
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