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This collaborative approach, supported by LUCELEC and the Government of Saint Lucia (GoSL), is intended to be scalable to other island nations with donor support.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000364#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["energy transition","renewable energy","carbon emissions","island nations"],"geography_discussed":["Caribbean"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study"]},{"id":"rmi-000272","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/rmi-000272","title":"Energy Within Reach","publisher":{"name":"RMI","organization":"rmi"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2015-05-17","source_url":"https://rmi.org/resources/energy-within-reach-2015/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This briefing by RMI argues that decentralized solar energy is the most viable path to providing electricity access to the 1.3 billion people currently without it, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa and India, while avoiding a projected 141-percent increase in carbon emissions by 2040 that would result from coal-fired power plants.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000272#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Approximately 1.3 billion people globally lack basic electricity access, with 900 million of those located in India and sub-Saharan Africa. 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Using the International Futures forecasting system, the author analyzes how leadership choices, particularly within the African National Congress (ANC) and its alliance with COSATU, will impact GDP, employment, and social stability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001455#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 'Bafana Bafana' scenario represents a forecast of 'more of the same,' where South Africa remains a 'perennial underachiever' with no clear game plan. In this pathway, the economy grows at an average of 3.8 per cent per annum up to 2030, but structural limitations persist, and the ANC eventually loses its parliamentary majority after 2024.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001455#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The 'Mandela Magic' scenario envisions a country with a clear developmental vision, resulting in an average annual GDP growth rate of 5.1 per cent from 2014 to 2030. 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The board was asked for permission to continue operating these units while seeking legal remedies, noting that if permission was not granted by the end of December 2013, at least 3000 MW (all units at Kriel) would need to be shut down.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cer-001306#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The proposed legal strategy for handling non-compliance involves applying for 5-year postponements for standards that can be met eventually, and full exemptions (with more lenient limits) for cases where compliance is not feasible before decommissioning. 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