South Africa must lead at COP27, and accelerate the Just Transition at home

The LAC campaign urges South Africa to advocate for climate reparations and a non-fossil fuel development vision for Africa at COP27, while domestically accelerating the transition to renewable energy and phasing out coal by 2040.

• The LAC campaign urges the South African government to advocate for a development vision for Africa that avoids dependence on fossil fuels and prevents the installation of "expensive, polluting and unnecessary coal, gas and oil infrastructure."
• The campaign advises South Africa to reject carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, describing both as "false solution[s]" that do not actually reduce emissions.
• The campaign demands that developed nations provide reparations for climate impacts in the global South, including the establishment of a loss and damage funding facility and the operationalisation of the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage.
• Domestically, the campaign calls for a zero fossil fuel electricity generation sector by 2040 and a zero fossil fuel economy by 2050, requiring a coal fleet retirement rate faster than the IRP 2019 timetable.
• The campaign asserts that any climate finance, including the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), must be transparent, prioritize coal workers and communities, and exclude funding for new fossil fuels such as gas.

APA

Lerato (2022). South Africa must lead at COP27, and accelerate the Just Transition at home. Centre for Environmental Rights. https://cer.org.za/news/cop-statement

Chicago

Lerato. South Africa must lead at COP27, and accelerate the Just Transition at home. Centre for Environmental Rights, 2022. https://cer.org.za/news/cop-statement.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{lerato2022south, author = {Lerato}, title = {{South Africa must lead at COP27, and accelerate the Just Transition at home}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://cer.org.za/news/cop-statement}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }