A Presidential Climate Commission Report - A Framework for a Just Transition in South Africa

The just transition framework sets out a shared vision for the just transition, principles to guide the transition, and policies and governance arrangements to give effect to the transition. [...] The changes will be difficult for some, particularly the workers and communities whose lives and livelihoods are tied to fossil fuel industries, as well as the women, the youth, and the poor, who are already disproportionately bearing the brunt of South Africa’s hardships and triple challenges. [...] The just transition framework sets out a shared vision for the just transition, principles to guide the transition, and policies and governance arrangements to give effect to the transition. [...] Seizing Opportunities in the Different Phases of the Transition While the projected impacts in select at-risk value chains and sectors are extremely concerning, it is important to recognise that there are also significant opportunities in the transition—to improve the well-being of the economy, where people live and work in meaningful and positive relationships with each other and the planet. [...] The just energy transition, in particular, needs partners to agree around the pace of decarbonization, the scaling up of low carbon energy and the value chains that support it, the upgrading of the energy grid and the mobilization of climate finance, at scale, to enable a just transition.